Ducat - Frederick IV

Frederick IV had not yet been king for a year when this ducat was struck — he ascended in August 1699 following the death of Christian V. The 1700 issue thus falls in the earliest months of a reign that would eventually encompass the Great Northern War, during which Denmark allied with Russia and Saxony-Poland against Sweden. That conflict drained the treasury considerably, making early gold issues from Frederick's reign notably more modest in output than those of his father.

Hede's reference remains the standard authority for Danish gold of this period, and the Fr#230 Fischer citation places this squarely within the recognized ducat sequence without anomalous die variation.