| Issuer | Denmark |
| Year | 1624-1627 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | 4 Rigsdaler Species |
| Currency | Rigsdaler specie (1625-1813) |
| Composition | Silver (.875) |
| Weight | 116.14 g |
| Dimensions | |
| Thickness | |
| Shape and Technique | Round |
| Orientation | |
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| Reference(s) | KM#79, Dav EC II#3521 |
| Obverse description | Crowned half-bust of King Christian IV facing right over a big ornate cartouche with king’s name and titles. The bust (but not the cartouche) is inside a rope circle with King`s motto outside. At bottom the numbers of date are divided by cartouche lobes. Mintamarks are at sides of cartouche. |
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | REGNA·FIR MAT·PIETAS
CHRISTIANUS·IIII
D:G:DAN:NO:V:G REX
D:S:H:S:D:C:OL:ET:D
NS ☘
1.6. Z.4 (Translation: Piety strengthens the realms King Christian the Fourth, King of Denmark and Norway, the Goths and the Wends, duke of Schleswig, Holstein, Stormarn, and Ditmarsh, count of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst) |
| Reverse description | Danish arms on a cross with long arms encircled by a ring of 13 round shields of Danish territories; all inside an outer pearled circle. Above, cutting the pearled circle, the Danish crown. Below on the lower arm of cross the pendant of the Order of the Elephant. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | BENEDICTO DOMI NI DIVITES FACIT (Translation: The blessing of the Lord makes riches) |
| Edge | Smooth |
| Mint | ☘ Royal Danish Mint (Den Kongelige Mønt), Copenhagen, Denmark (1739-date) |
| Mintage | 1624 NS ☘ - - 1627 NS ☘ - - 1 |
| Catalog ID | 6676703470 |
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