4 Mark Dansk - Christian V

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.