4 Skilling Dansk - Christian IV

Christian IV's monetary reforms of the early seventeenth century were driven partly by chronic shortages of small-denomination silver and partly by the king's obsessive personal interest in commerce and trade infrastructure — he founded several towns and trading companies during this same period. The 4 skilling denomination sat at a practically useful middle range for daily transactions in a Danish economy still heavily reliant on specie.

KM#30 is known with minor die variations across its three-year production window, reflecting the Copenhagen mint's inconsistent output during a reign that would later be remembered as one of the longest in Danish history — Christian ruled for 59 years.