4 Skilling - Frederick II Seven-Years War coinage

Frederick II struck debased emergency coinage throughout the Seven Years' War (known in Scandinavian historiography as the Northern Seven Years' War, 1563–1570), a conflict fought against Sweden over Baltic dominance and the terms of the Treaty of Roskilde. The war was financially ruinous for Denmark almost immediately, and the billon content of these issues dropped sharply as the decade progressed — the 1563 pieces, from the war's opening year, sit at the higher end of the silver content range for this type.