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2 Speciedaler - Frederik V Coronation
| Issuer | Royal Danish Mint (Den Kongelige Mønt) |
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| Year | 1747 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Two large wild men (supporters), each armed with a club, flank and uphold the crowned greater arms of Denmark featuring the quartered royal shield with an inner escutcheon. The supporters and shield rest upon an elaborate baroque cartouche, within which the date is prominently displayed. The royal motto is inscribed above the shield in a curved legend. The overall composition is bold and heraldically detailed, consistent with the ceremonial character of the issue. |
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Frederik V was crowned in Copenhagen on August 7, 1747, and the Danish mint struck a series of commemorative speciesdaler issues to mark the occasion — this double-weight piece being the most substantial of the group. Coronation coinage of this kind was not intended for commerce; issues were distributed as gifts to court attendants, foreign dignitaries, and high officials, which explains why survivors tend to appear in better preservation than their nominal face value would suggest.
The .875 fineness was standard for Danish silver of the period, set under Frederik IV's monetary reforms decades earlier and maintained with unusual consistency through the mid-eighteenth century.