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3 Ducats - Frederick III Largesse issue
| Issuer | Denmark |
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| Year | 1648 |
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| Technique | Klippe |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | NORWEGIÆ · VANDALORV M · GOTTOR VMQVE · REX · TANDEM (Translation: King of Norway, the Wends and the Goths) |
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Frederick III ascended the Danish throne in 1648 following the death of his father Christian IV, and largesse coins — klippe or presentation pieces distributed during coronation ceremonies — were struck specifically for the occasion, intended to be thrown to crowds or handed to dignitaries rather than circulated. They were kept as souvenirs rather than spent, which explains why survivors tend to appear in grades inconsistent with their age.
Fr#73 is among the scarcer Danish gold presentation issues of the mid-seventeenth century. Frederick's reign would later be defined by the catastrophic wars with Sweden and the constitutional revolution of 1660 that ended the nobility's tax exemptions — but this coin predates all of it.