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2 Skilling - Frederik III
| Issuer | Norway |
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| Year | 1667-1668 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | . FRIDERIC . III . DG . DAN (Translation: Frederik III king of Denmark) |
| Reverse description | The central field contains the denomination and nationality inscription arranged in four horizontal lines within a plain inner circle: II / SKILL / INGDA / NSK, abbreviating '2 Skilling Dansk' (2 Danish Skilling). The surrounding outer legend, separated by a beaded border, reads the regnal titles in abbreviated Latin. The date 1668 appears to the left within the outer legend, flanked by a star ornament. The overall layout is characteristic of the compact, typographically dense style employed on minor billon issues of the Danish-Norwegian realm under Frederik III. |
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Frederik III issued these small billon pieces during the immediate aftermath of the wars with Sweden that had bled Denmark-Norway nearly to insolvency. The Treaty of Roskilde in 1658 had stripped the kingdom of its remaining Scandinavian territories, and the monarchy was struggling to maintain even a functioning monetary supply. Coins of this denomination and composition circulated hard in a cash-starved economy.
The 1667–1668 date range corresponds to the final year of Frederik III's reign — he died in February 1670 — and production was likely wound down as the new Christian V administration reorganized the mint apparatus.