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3 Rigsbankskilling - Christian VIII Type II
| Issuer | Denmark |
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| Year | 1842 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#A730 |
| Obverse description | Bare-headed effigy of King Christian VIII facing right, rendered in a neoclassical style with finely detailed curly hair. The truncation of the bust is unadorned and clean. The encircling Latin legend reads CHRISTIANVS VIII D:G:DANIÆ V:G:REX, attributing the king's rule by divine grace. The mintmaster's initial K appears below the bust truncation near the rim. The field is smooth and the portrait exhibits strong relief with fine engraving characteristic of the period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Christian VIII's monetary reforms of the early 1840s were driven partly by the need to stabilize Danish coinage after decades of post-Napoleonic financial strain — Denmark had declared state bankruptcy in 1813, and the Rigsbank itself was created from the wreckage of that collapse. The Type II designation distinguishes this issue from the earlier variant by a modified die, though both circulated concurrently without public distinction.
The billon composition reflects a deliberate compromise: enough silver to maintain nominal credibility, little enough to keep production economical for a denomination no one expected to last.