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8 Skilling Lybsk - Christian IV Type 2
| Issuer | Royal Danish Mint |
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| Year | 1642 |
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| Value | 8 Skilling Lybsk = 1 Mark (⅙) |
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| Obverse description | Crowned and armored bust of Christian IV facing right, wearing a closed royal crown and draped in elaborate plate armor with decorated pauldrons. Beneath the bust, the Danish royal arms are displayed on a quartered shield featuring three passant lions accompanied by hearts, within a beaded inner circle. The Latin legend encircles the portrait, divided on either side of the effigy, reading CHRISTIA·4·D·G·DAN·N·V·G·R·, identifying the king as Christian IV, by the grace of God King of Denmark, Norway, of the Wends and the Goths. The coin exhibits the robust, slightly naive engraving style characteristic of hammered provincial coinage of the early seventeenth century. |
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| Obverse lettering | CHRISTIA.4.D: | G:DAN:N:V:G:R: (Translation: Christian IV King of Denmark, Norway of the Wends and the Goths by the Grace of God.) |
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| Mintage | 1642 - Fortuna has only left foot on globe - 1642 - Fortuna with quite both feet on globe - |
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