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4 Mark Dansk - Frederik III Type IIB
| Issuer | Denmark |
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| Year | 1655-1657 |
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| Currency | Rigsdaler specie (1625-1813) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | IIII · MARCK · DANSKE · 1655 |
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Frederik III struck these coins during the opening years of what would become the most existential crisis in Danish history. Sweden's Karl X Gustav launched his invasion in 1657, crossing the frozen Belts in a winter march that stunned Europe and forced Denmark to the catastrophic Peace of Roskilde — surrendering the Scanian provinces and permanently redrawing the map of Scandinavia. Coins minted at the tail end of this type's production window circulated into a kingdom that had just lost roughly a third of its territory.
The Type IIB designation within the Dav EC II series distinguishes this issue by specific die characteristics within a complex emission sequence that numismatists spent decades untangling.