Edge Reeding
Face value 1 Rigsdaler Rigsmont
Grade VF+
Metal Silver
Millesimal fineness 875 ‰
Mint Altona, Germany
Rarity NC - Uncommon
Year of issue 1855
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Country: Denmark
King Frederik VII of Denmark and Norway (1848-1863).
Type: Standard circulation coin
Years: 1855 (1854-1855)
Value: 6 Rigsdaler courant = 1 Rigsdaler (1)
Currency: Rigsdaler rigsmont (1854-1873)
Composition: Silver (.875)
Weight: 14.3 g.
Diameter: 30.5 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Grade: XF40
Mint: Altona
Orientation: Medal Alignment ↑↑
References: KM# 760
Obverse:
Head of King Frederik VII facing right. Date below neck, dividing mintmark and Mint Master initials.
Lettering:
FREDERICVS VII | D:G:DANIÆ V:G:REX
F.K.
♁ 1855 F.F.
Unabridged legend: Frederik VII Dei Gratia Daniæ Vandalorum Gothorum Rex.
Translation: Frederik VII, by the grace of God, King of Denmark, of the Vandals and the Goths
Engraver: Frederik Christopher Krohn.
Reverse:
Value and equivalence to silver standard within a wreath made two two crossed oak branches.
Lettering:
1
RIGSDALER
18½ ST: = 1 M:F:S:
Unabridged legend: 18½ Styk = 1 Mark Finsølv
Engraver: Frederik Christopher Krohn.
Edge:
Reeded.
Mints:
FF → Altona, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
VS → Royal Danish Mint (Den Kongelige Mønt), Copenhagen, Denmark (1739-date).
Comments:
RIGSDALER = "Government"-daler.
ST : Styk (Piece)
M.F.S. : Mark Finsølv (Mark Finesilver)
(18½ ST = 1 M·F·S) : Means that 18.5 pieces of this coin will equal one "Mark Finesilver", which was an old standardized weight measure for silver.
Reference : KM# 760
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Collection : Kingdom of Denmark