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½ Sølvgylden - Frederick I Pillars on obverse

Features

Issuer Denmark
King Frederick I (Frederik I) (1523-1533)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 1532
Value ½ Gulden
Currency Gulden (1513-1572)
Composition Silver
Weight 14.98 g
Diameter 38 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Cast
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
476697
References Galster UU# 48
Georg Galster; 1972. Unionstidens Udmøntninger: Danmark og Norge 1397-1540. Sverige 1363-1521. Danish Numismatic Association, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Obverse

Crowned busts of King Frederik I and Queen Sophia facing each other. Flowers above and pillars at sides. Inscription in four lines below. A beaded ring on the rim.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
FRIDERICVS·ET·
SOPHIA·D:G·REX
ET·REGINA
DANIE·

Translation: Frederik and Sophia, by the Grace of God, King and Queen of Denmark.

Reverse

Figure holding central arms, with crowned arms of Dannebrog cross above. The crowned arms of Denmark and Norway at the sides, and the arms of Schlesweig, Hostein, Oldenburg and Lauenburg below. All in a beaded ring. Surrounded by inscription, with another beaded ring on the rim.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IN MANV DOMINI OMNIS POTESTAS TERRE✿·15·3Z·

Translation: The government of the earth is in the hands of the Lord.

Comments

Minted in Copenhagen or Malmö.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1532 

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