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2 Speciedaler - Frederik III Type XV
| Issuer | Norway |
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| Year | 1663-1664 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | · DOMINUS · * · PROVIDEBIT · .F.G. 1663 (Translation: The Lord will be my providence.) |
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Frederik III issued these large silver pieces during a pivotal stretch of his reign — the years immediately following the 1660 coup that abolished the Danish-Norwegian nobility's constitutional power and established hereditary absolute monarchy. The crown's urgent need to project financial credibility and royal authority made high-denomination specie coinage politically useful beyond its face value.
Brekke distinguishes two die marriages within this type, catalogued separately as #51 and #53, suggesting continuous but not uniform production across the two-year span.