4 Skilling Courant - Frederik VI

Norway in 1809–1810 was still formally under Danish rule, with Frederik VI having assumed the Danish throne in 1808. The Napoleonic Wars had severed British naval supply lines to Denmark-Norway, triggering a severe copper shortage that paradoxically coincided with emergency copper coinage issues — metal sourced in part from confiscated church bells and requisitioned hardware.

KM#275 was struck at the Kongsberg mint, which struggled with inconsistent planchet quality throughout this period. The union dissolved in 1814 at Kiel, making all Danish-authority Norwegian issues from this window historically terminal.