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2 Skilling Dansk - Frederik III Shield type VII
| Issuer | Denmark |
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| Year | 1667 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#281 |
| Obverse description | Central field displays a crowned, ornately shaped heraldic shield bearing the quartered arms of Denmark, enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The royal crown surmounts the shield with fine detail. A circular Latin legend runs along the outer periphery, identifying the king by name and divine right. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Frederik III's later skilling issues of the 1660s were struck in the aftermath of the disastrous wars with Sweden — the Dano-Swedish Wars had drained the treasury so completely that silver content in billon coinage was progressively debased through the decade. The Shield type VII designation reflects a sequence of die modifications made at the Copenhagen mint as engravers worked through successive punch sets, each generation slightly degraded from the last.
At .281 fine, this piece sits near the floor of what could still technically be called silver coinage.