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4 Mark Dansk - Christian V
| Issuer | Denmark |
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| Year | 1681-1682 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse lettering | * PIETATE * ET * IUSTITIA * (Translation: With piety and justice) |
| Reverse description | Central design features a crowned, pointed shield bearing the royal arms of Denmark, superimposed over a short-armed cross that extends partially beyond a beaded inner circle. The denomination in full lettering and the date appear as a clockwise legend outside the beaded circle, reading from upper right. The mintmaster's initials appear as a counterclockwise legend divided by the lower arm of the cross, positioned within or alongside the legend. |
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Christian V came to the throne in 1670 inheriting a monarchy recently transformed by the Lex Regia of 1665 — the most absolutist constitutional document in European history, which vested virtually unlimited hereditary power in the Danish crown. The 4 Mark denomination occupied an awkward middle position in the Danish silver hierarchy during this period, issued in limited quantity and for a compressed window that makes the 1681–1682 production run notably short-lived.
Denmark's finances were still recovering from the ruinous wars against Sweden that had stripped the kingdom of its Scanian provinces by the Treaty of Roskilde in 1658. The silver content was accordingly kept below the standard of earlier issues.