8 Skilling - Christian V

Christian V inherited a Norway still adjusting to the administrative reforms imposed after Denmark's catastrophic losses in the Second Northern War — the 1660 surrender of Scanian provinces had forced the Danish crown into radical fiscal restructuring, including a monetized tax system that demanded smaller silver denominations in genuine circulation. The 8 skilling filled that gap at a moment when the Norwegian monetary supply was chronically thin.

The .672 fineness reflects a deliberate reduction from earlier skilling coinage, a quiet debasement that passed without the public alarm that cruder interventions typically provoked.