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4 Mark Dansk - Christian V King's standing figure
| Issuer | Denmark |
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| Year | 1680 |
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| Value | 1 Krone (⅔) |
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| Reverse lettering | IIII MARCK | DANSK 1680 G | S |
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| Mint | GS Copenhagen, Denmark(?-1739) |
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Christian V had assumed the Danish throne in 1670 inheriting a monarchy recently transformed by the 1665 Lex Regia — Europe's most absolutist constitutional document, which concentrated all sovereign power in the king alone. The 4 Mark issues of his reign were struck against a backdrop of chronic financial strain, partly a consequence of the costly wars against Sweden that had bled Denmark through much of the mid-century. The .671 fine silver reflects deliberate debasement relative to earlier Danish specie coinage, a fiscal compromise the crown made repeatedly during this period.