Catalog
4 Skilling Klipping - Christian III
| Issuer | Denmark |
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| Year | 1535 |
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| Currency | Gulden (1513-1572) |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears the royal initial C for Christian III, rendered as a bold Gothic crescent-shaped letter with a small cross pattée nestled within its curve, serving simultaneously as the royal cypher and mintmark. The design is struck on an irregularly shaped klippe flan with no surrounding legend. The sparse, emblematic composition is characteristic of the emergency-style klipping coinage issued during the turbulent early years of Christian III's reign. |
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| Obverse lettering | C |
| Reverse description | The last two digits of the regnal year, '35', are struck in large Gothic numerals occupying the central field of the plain klippe flan, referencing the year 1535. No surrounding legend is present, and the flan edges are irregular, consistent with the hand-cut klippe technique. The numerals are boldly rendered and serve as the sole identifying device on this face of the coin. |
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