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24 Skilling - Christian VII
| Issuer | Danish West Indies (1730-1917) |
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| Year | 1766-1767 |
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| Composition | Silver (.500) |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the large crowned royal cypher of Christian VII, composed of the letter C enclosing the Roman numeral VII, surmounted by an elaborate royal crown rendered in fine detail. The monogram occupies the majority of the field, executed in a bold, sculptural style characteristic of 18th-century Danish coinage. A circular Latin legend runs along the full periphery of the coin, interrupted by decorative dot stops. The overall composition is stark and heraldic, with the crowned monogram serving as the sole device against an otherwise plain field. |
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| Obverse lettering | CVII D·G·DAN·NOR·VAN·GOT·REX· (Translation: Christian VII by the grace of god King of Denmark and Norway, the Wends and the Goths) |
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The Danish West Indies maintained a persistent coinage problem throughout the mid-18th century: Spanish dollars and their fractional cuts dominated everyday trade on St. Croix and St. Thomas, and the Danish crown struggled to assert any practical monetary presence in its Caribbean colonies. The 24 Skilling issue of 1766–67 was a direct attempt to address this, struck under Christian VII — who had only just ascended the throne — at a fineness deliberately calibrated to compete with circulating Spanish silver.
KM#10 is notably scarce. The two-year window of production was short, and attrition in a tropical colonial economy was brutal on silver coinage of this size.