1 Krone / 4 Mark    (sold for $201.0)

1693, Kingdom of Denmark, Christian V. Large Silver Krone (4 Mark) Coin. aXF!

Mint Year: 1693 Denomination: Krone (4 Mark) Reference: Davenport 3679, KM-77.1. R! Mint Place: Copenhagen (privy mark: crossed mint-hooks) Mint Official: Christian Winnecke Senior (C-W, 1690-1700) Condition: Scratches on edge (no traces of a mounting or welding), othrewise about XF for this crudely struck type! Diameter: 40mm Material: Silver Weight: 22gm

Obverse: Crowned cipher (double C5 monogram) of Christian V. Mint official´s initials (C-W) and privy mark (crossed mint-hooks) below. Reverse: Crowned sheild with oval arms of Denmark (three lions, flanked by hearts) wiithin foliage and Elephant Order. Legend: IIII . MARCK DANSKE . 1693 .

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Christian V (15 April 1646 – 25 August 1699) was king of Denmark and Norway from 1670 until his death in 1699.

Well-regarded by the common people, he was the first king anointed at Frederiksborg Castle chapel as absolute monarch since the decree that institutionalized the supremacy of the Danish king, he fortified the absolutist system against the aristocracy by accelerating his father's practice of allowing Holstein nobles and Danish commoners into state service.

As king he wanted to show his power as absolute monarch through architecture, and dreamed of a Danish Versailles. He was the first to use the 1671 Throne Chair of Denmark, partly made for this purpose. His motto was: Pietate et Justitia (With piety and justice).