12 Mark - Christian VII King's birthday
Features
| Issuer |
Denmark
 |
|---|---|
| King |
Christian VII (1766-1808)
|
| Type | Circulating commemorative coins |
| Year | 1771 |
| Value | 12 Mark (1.788) |
| Currency | Rigsdaler specie (1625-1813) |
| Composition | Gold (.875) |
| Weight | 3.10 g |
| Diameter | 20.86 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 320055 |
| References | KM# 624 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). Coin & Currency Institute (publisher). Gold Coins of the World. Coin & Currency Institute (7 volumes). Holger Hede; 1978. Danmarks og Norges mønter: 1541-1814-1977 = Coins of Denmark and Norway. Danish Numismatic Association, Copenhagen, Denmark. |
Commemorative issue
22nd Birthday of King Christian VII
Obverse
Younger bust of King Christian VII with elaborate hairdo and clothes. Legend around rim.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
CHRIST VII D G REX DAN NOR VAN GOT
B
Translation: Christian VII, By the grace of God, King of Denmark, Norway, the Wends and the Goths
Engraver: Georg Valentin Bauert
Reverse
Date of birthday in letters within circular laurel wreath; date and King's motto outside, along the rim.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
DEN
* 29 *
IANUA
RII.
* GLORIA • EX • AMORE • PATRIÆ *
17 K 71
Translation: The love of the fatherland is my reward
Mint
Royal Danish Mint (Den Kongelige Mønt), Copenhagen, Denmark (1739-date)Marks
| B | Georg Valentin Bauert, Engraver, Royal Danish Mint (1790-1791), Altona, Schleswig-Holstein (1791-1840), Norwegian Mint (1791-1807) |
| K | Hans Schierwen Knoph, Mint Master, Royal Danish Mint (1761-1784) |
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1771 | B K | 131 | |||||||||||||
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Numista Rarity index: 92
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Bullion value: USD 388.98
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Actual gold weight: 0.087 oz
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