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4 Mark Dansk - Christian V Pattern
| Issuer | Kingdom of Denmark |
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| Year | 1689 |
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| Engraver(s) | Gregorius Sesemann |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Christian V's monetary reforms of the 1680s were driven partly by a need to align Danish coinage with the broader Hamburg-influenced trade currency circulating across northern Europe. This gold pattern likely belongs to that reform effort — struck as a proof of concept rather than for circulation, which explains both the surviving condition typical of the type and the absence of any confirmed production run.
At 34.65g, the weight corresponds to no standard Danish monetary unit of the period, reinforcing its status as an experimental piece rather than a proposed circulating denomination.