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4 Ducats - Christian V Christiansborg Fortress
| Issuer | Denmark |
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| Year | 1688 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A detailed bird's-eye perspective view of Christiansborg Fortress (Fort Christiansborg) on the Gold Coast (present-day Ghana), depicted as a star-shaped coastal fortification surrounded by the sea with waves visible below. The fortress is shown with its bastions, curtain walls, central tower flying a flag, arched gateway, and flanking structures, with trees visible to the left. An ornamental wreath or floral spray appears at the lower left of the inner field. The circumferential Latin legend naming the fortress and date is separated from the central design by a raised beaded border. |
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| Edge | Lettered: PIETATE ET |
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Christian V issued this multiple-ducat piece in the same year Denmark was consolidating its absolutist legal framework under the Danske Lov of 1683 — a code that had restructured the entire relationship between crown and nobility just five years prior. Large gold multiples of this type were not struck for circulation; they functioned as diplomatic gifts and presentation pieces distributed at court, making survivors in any condition genuinely scarce.
Christiansborg, named in the coin's title, was the first palace of that name on the site — destroyed by fire in 1794.