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20 Skilling - Christian VIII
| Issuer | Danish West Indies (1730-1917) |
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| Year | 1840-1847 |
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| Value | 20 Skilling (5⁄24) |
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| Reverse description | The denomination is expressed in Roman numerals XX at the top of the field, flanked by two small rosette or star ornaments, above the five-line inscription SKILLING / DANSK / AMERIKANSK / MYNT. followed by the date 1845. at the base. All lettering is in bold, well-spaced serif capitals set within a plain field enclosed by a beaded border. The reverse is entirely typographic, with no pictorial devices beyond the flanking ornaments. |
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| Reverse lettering | *XX* SKILLING DANSK AMERIKANSK MYNT. 1845. (Translation: 20 Skilling Danish American Coin) |
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Christian VIII authorized a dedicated colonial coinage for the Danish West Indies — St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John — partly to address the chronic shortage of reliable small currency in the islands and partly to assert administrative control over a currency supply that had long relied on a chaotic mix of Spanish, Dutch, and Danish coins. The 20 Skilling was struck at the Copenhagen mint across several years of his reign, which ended abruptly with his death in January 1848 and the revolution that followed within weeks.
The .625 fineness placed it below standard Danish metropolitan coinage, a deliberate policy for colonial issues of the period.