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5 Ducats - Frederik III
| Issuer | Denmark |
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| Year | 1653-1662 |
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| Composition | Gold |
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| Reverse description | Central royal cypher composed of four interlaced, mirrored pairs of the letter F arranged in the form of a cross, with the Roman numeral III at the center. Each arm of the cross is surmounted by a royal crown, giving the design four crowns in total. The composition is symmetrical and highly decorative, executed in the baroque style characteristic of mid-17th-century Danish coinage. The surrounding Latin legend encircles the device within a beaded border. |
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| Mintage | 1653 - - 1662 - - |
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Frederik III's reign saw Denmark emerge from the catastrophic Northern Wars financially exhausted, and the production of high-denomination gold multiples like this five-ducat piece was less about circulation than about diplomacy — these were presentation coins, handed to foreign envoys and military commanders as portable tokens of royal favor. The Fr#98 reference places this firmly within the Friedberg gold series, where it is listed as genuinely rare.
The decade-long date span reflects intermittent striking rather than continuous production, almost certainly tied to specific court occasions rather than any scheduled mint program.