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32 Rigsbankskilling - Frederik VI
| Issuer | Denmark |
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| Year | 1818-1820 |
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| Weight | 6.129 g |
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| Reverse description | Inscription arranged in five horizontal lines across the field, reading: '*32*' flanked by six-pointed rosette ornaments on the first line, followed by 'RIGSBANK', 'SKILLING.', the date '1820.', and the mintmaster's initials 'I.F.F.' in the lower field. All lettering is in serif Roman capitals. The design is enclosed within a finely beaded inner border. |
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| Mintage | 1818 CB - KM#690.1 - 1820 - KM#690.2 - |
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Frederik VI issued this denomination during the long fiscal hangover following the Napoleonic Wars, in which Denmark had backed Napoleon and paid dearly — state bankruptcy was declared in 1813, and the subsequent currency reform under the Rigsbankssystemet in 1813–1818 restructured the entire monetary order. The Rigsbank skilling denominations were products of that reorganization, replacing the discredited courant system at a fixed conversion rate that wiped out substantial private wealth.
The .687 fineness reflects a deliberate compromise: enough silver to restore credibility, not enough to strain a treasury still clawing back solvency.