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2 Speciedaler - Frederik III
| Issuer | Norway |
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| Year | 1656-1657 |
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| Currency | Speciedaler (1523-1746) |
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| Obverse lettering | FRIDERICUS·III·DG·DAN·NOR·VA·GOT·REX (Translation: Frederik III, by Gods grace, king of Denmark, Norway, the Wends and the Goths) |
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| Reverse lettering | DOMINUS (mm) PROVIDEBIT : 16 * 56 : F.G. (Translation: The Lord will be my providence.) |
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Frederik III's hold on Norway in the mid-1650s was anything but secure — the realm was financially exhausted from the Torstenson War and the subsequent Treaty of Roskilde negotiations loomed on the horizon. Large-denomination specie coinage of this period functioned primarily as diplomatic and fiscal instruments rather than everyday money, struck to satisfy war indemnities and creditor obligations rather than commercial need.
The Kongsberg silver mines, opened in 1623, supplied the metal, and output from this mint was closely tied to vein productivity, which fluctuated sharply year to year. The two-year window of this issue almost certainly reflects an interrupted production run rather than a planned series.