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4 Skilling Dansk - Christian IV Flat topped shield
| Issuer | Denmark |
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| Year | 1616-1619 |
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| Value | 4 Skilling (1⁄16) |
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| Reverse description | The denomination is inscribed in four lines of text within a central pearled circle, reading IIII SKILLI NG DAN SKE. Surrounding the pearled circle, a continuous Latin legend records the ruler's additional royal titles and the date of issue. A mintmark of crossed swords is present, identifying the Copenhagen Mint. The overall design is typical of early seventeenth-century Danish billon coinage, combining legibility of value with a full royal titulature. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Christian IV's chronic warfare — the Kalmar War against Sweden had barely concluded in 1613, and the Thirty Years' War loomed — kept Danish royal finances under persistent strain throughout this period. Billon coinage of this weight class was the workhorse of everyday commerce, and the flat-topped shield variant distinguishes this subtype from the earlier rounded version, a minor die modification that numismatists use to sequence the emission chronology within the reign.