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32 Rigsbankskilling / 10 Schilling Courant - Christian VIII
| Issuer | Denmark |
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| Year | 1842-1843 |
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| Thickness | 1.9 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | CHRISTIANVS VIII | D:G: DANIÆ V: G: REX F.K. ♁ 1842. F.F. (Translation: Christian VIII by the Grace of God, King of Denmark, of the Goths and the Wends.) |
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| Mint | Altona, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany |
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Christian VIII's reign saw Denmark clinging to a monetary system already under strain from the Napoleonic Wars' aftermath, when state bankruptcy in 1813 had gutted confidence in Danish currency for a generation. The dual denomination — rigsbankskilling and schilling courant simultaneously — reflects the administrative awkwardness of governing a kingdom that still included the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, where different accounting traditions ran parallel to Copenhagen's.
The short two-year production window likely reflects the broader monetary rationalization underway before the 1854 speciedaler reforms rather than any minting disruption.