Mantled and laureate bust of King Frederik V facing right, wearing a band with the pendant of the Order of the Elephant.
Obverse lettering
FRIDERICVS • V • D • G • DAN • NORV • V • G •
REX • (Translation: Frederik V Dei Gratia King of Denmark, Norway, the Wends and the Goths)
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Crown above two rounded crests posed on a pedestal, on which another coat of arms leans (arms of Danish Icelandic Company). At foot of pedestal there is a winged caduceus a trident and cornucopia. At lower left a globe with the outline of Iceland and lower coast of Greenland. The entire scene is enlighted by a radiating sun in upper left
Reverse lettering
LANDENES GLÆDE OG FLOR UNDER DEN
OLDENBORGISCHE STAMMES REGIERING
FINMA
ISLAND
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D. XXIIX. OCT.
MDCCIL
