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4 Mark Danske - Frederik III Value on obverse
| Issuer | Denmark |
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| Year | 1666-1670 |
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| Value | 1 Krone (⅔) |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the large crowned royal cypher of Frederik III within a beaded inner circle. The denomination and date are inscribed in the outer legend, reading clockwise from the right of the crown, with the cloverleaf mintmark of Copenhagen positioned at the lower point of the legend. The inscription is rendered in Latin characters with decorative stops separating the elements. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Frederik III acquired absolute monarchy in Denmark through the coup of 1660, when the nobility's chronic inability to finance the wars against Sweden handed the burghers and clergy the leverage to strip the aristocracy of its constitutional privileges entirely. The 4 Mark denomination was part of the reformed coinage that followed — a deliberate assertion of centralized royal fiscal authority after decades of monetary disorder during the Swedish wars.
The Dav EC II reference places this squarely within Davenport's European Crowns series, reflecting the coin's weight class relative to contemporary thaler-sized issues across northern Europe.