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4 Riksdaler - Kristina
| Issuer | Sweden |
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| Year | 1646 |
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| Value | 4 Riksdaler |
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| Obverse description | Uncrowned effigy of Queen Christina facing left, depicted with long flowing hair, set within a beaded or linear inner circle. The royal title and abbreviated regnal legend are arranged in a continuous inscription in the outer field surrounding the portrait. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Kristina's reign produced some of the most ambitious silver coinage in Swedish history, coinciding with the kingdom's peak territorial expansion following the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 — negotiations for which were already underway in 1646. The 4 Riksdaler denomination was not everyday money; pieces of this size functioned largely as prestige instruments and payment for foreign obligations, particularly military contractors and diplomats expecting hard currency of recognizable weight.
SM#2 places this among the earliest of the Riksdaler multiples catalogued under Kristina, a series notorious for low surviving populations due to their chronic remelting into later monetary issues.