4 Kroneskilling - Christian IV Type 2

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.