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4 Kroneskilling - Christian IV Type 2
| Issuer | Royal Danish Mint |
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| Year | 1620-1621 |
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| Composition | Silver (.859) |
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| Obverse lettering | .R.F.P. (= REGNA FIRMAT PIETAS) CHRISTIANVS.IIII.D:G.DAN (Translation: Piety strengthens the realms Christian IV (King of) Denmark by the Grace of God) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Christian IV's monetary reforms of the early 1620s were driven by chronic debasement pressure and the fiscal demands of his interventionist ambitions in the Thirty Years' War — a conflict he would formally enter in 1625 with catastrophic results for Denmark. The Type 2 distinction from Type 1 issues of the same denomination reflects die modifications made within a remarkably compressed two-year window, suggesting the Copenhagen mint was adjusting to shifting silver supply or changing crown specifications mid-run.
KM#81 is thinly documented in surviving mint records, which is itself characteristic of small-denomination Danish silver from this period.