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2 Skilling Klipping - Christian II
| Issuer | Norway |
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| Year | 1531-1532 |
| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Obverse description | Within the irregularly clipped silver flan, the field displays a large Gothic letter C — the royal cypher of King Christian II — surmounted by a flamboyant open crown rendered in the late medieval style, with prominent fleurons and arched banding. The monogram occupies the majority of the flan, struck in bold relief with no surrounding legend, characteristic of the hastily produced klipping coinage of the period. The die work is simple but deliberate, reflecting the emergency nature of the issue. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a heraldic shield bearing the barry arms of Oldenburg — the dynastic coat of arms consisting of multiple horizontal bars — surmounted by a crown of similar flamboyant medieval form with crescent-tipped points. The shield is centrally placed on the roughly clipped flan with no surrounding legend, the design executed in a plain but heraldically recognizable manner consistent with emergency klipping coinage. The striated field of the shield reflects the alternating gold and sable barry of the Oldenburg dynasty. |
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| Mintage | ND (1531-1532) |
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