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2 Speciedaler - Christian IV Bust type I, Oval provincial shields
| Issuer | Royal Danish Mint |
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| Year | 1624-1634 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse lettering | BENEDICTO DOMI | NI DIVITES FACIT (Translation: The blessing of the Lord makes riches) |
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| Mint | Copenhagen, Denmark (?-1739) |
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Christian IV struck these large silver pieces during the period when Denmark's Sound Tolls — levied on every vessel passing through the Øresund — made the Danish crown one of the wealthiest in northern Europe. The 2 Speciedaler denomination was effectively prestige coinage, its weight and fineness calibrated to compete directly with the Holy Roman Empire's Reichstaler system in international trade settlement.
The Bust type I classification places these among the earliest of Christian's multiple speciedaler portrait series, predating the military disasters of the Thirty Years' War that would drain the treasury and force successive debasements of lesser denominations after 1625.