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24 Skilling Dansk - Frederik V Bare bust
| Issuer | Denmark |
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| Year | 1750-1751 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Reverse description | Central design features a crowned, ornate baroque shield bearing the quartered arms of Denmark, Norway, and the Kalmar Union, flanked by the date split at either side of the shield. The shield is adorned with a circlet and pendant of the Order of the Elephant, Denmark's highest order of chivalry, suspended below. The reverse legend, running along the periphery, states the denomination and monetary authority. The overall composition is framed by a milled border consistent with the obverse. |
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| Mintage | 1750 PN; VH - - 1751 PN; VH - - |
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Frederik V's 24 Skilling issues of 1750–51 belong to a period of deliberate monetary reform under the influence of finance minister Heinrich Carl von Schimmelmann, who was systematically rationalizing Denmark's chaotic skilling denominations inherited from the preceding reign. The .562 fineness placed this coin at an awkward middle ground — finer than the billon issues it partially replaced, but well short of the high-silver riksdaler coinage, reflecting the crown's fiscal caution following the costs of maintaining Danish neutrality during the War of the Austrian Succession.