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2 Speciedaler - Frederik III
| Issuer | Royal Danish Mint (Den Kongelige Mønt) |
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| Year | 1662-1664 |
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| Currency | Rigsdaler specie (1625-1813) |
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| Obverse description | Crowned and draped bust of Frederik III facing right, depicted with long curling hair and wearing armor with an ornate gorget and a chain of the Order of the Elephant across the chest. The royal crown, surmounted by a cross, sits prominently atop the king's head. The effigy is rendered in high relief in the Baroque portrait style characteristic of mid-17th-century Danish coinage. The encircling Latin legend reads FRID: III: D: G: REX: DAN: NOR: VAN: GOT, separated by pellets, running along the outer border of the coin. |
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| Mintage | 1662 IS - Unique - 1 1663 IS - - 1664 CH - - |
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Frederik III issued these heavy silver pieces in the years immediately following one of the most dramatic constitutional shifts in Danish history: the abolition of the elective monarchy and the imposition of hereditary absolute rule in 1660–61. The Speciedaler series of this period functioned partly as prestige coinage, projecting the newfound authority of a king who had outmaneuvered his own nobility and the Rigsråd in a single political coup backed by the clergy and burghers.
The two-speciedaler denomination was never a workhorse of commerce. At roughly 57 grams of high-grade silver, it circulated among diplomats, merchants settling large accounts, and state treasuries — not market stalls.