½ Speciedaler - Frederik III Type I.B: 3 lines in crown; legend starts above bust

Features

Issuer	Norway
King	Frederick III (Frederik III) (1648-1670)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	1652
Value	½ Speciedaler
Currency	Speciedaler (1523-1746)
Composition	Silver (.875)
Weight	14.39 g
Diameter	35 mm
Shape	Round
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 444935
References	KM# 36 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Rønning# 50 Bjørn R. Rønning; 1971. Norges mynter 1628-1873. Universitetsforlaget. , Hede# 11C Holger Hede; 1978. Danmarks og Norges mønter: 1541-1814-1977 = Coins of Denmark and Norway. Danish Numismatic Association, Copenhagen, Denmark. , Skaare# 546 Kolbjørn Skaare; 1995. Norges mynthistorie / Bind 2: Katalog- og registerbind: Mynter og utmyntning i 1000 år : Pengesedler i 300 år: Numismatikk i Norge. Bind 2. Universitetsforlaget. , Brekke# 113 Bjarne Ahlström, Bernhard F. Brekke, Bengt Hemmingsson; 1976. Norges Mynter = The Coinage of Norway. Numismatiska Bokförlaget, Stockholm, Sweden. , Thesen# 119 Gunnar Thesen; 2015. Norges mynter i dansketiden: 1449-1814 = Norwegian coins during the Danish period. Oslo Myntgalleri AS, Oslo, Norway.

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Obverse

Crowned armored bust of King Frederick III with long hair, facing right inside a beaded circle. Surrounded by inscription, starting above bust. Beaded ring on the rim.

Script: Latin

Lettering: FRIDERICUS·III·DG·DA·NOR·VAN·GO·REX✽

Translation: Frederik III, by the grace of God, King of Denmark, Norway, the Wends and the Goths.

Reverse

Crowned two-tailed rampant lion holding a curved halberd and facing left, in a beaded ring. Surrounded by inscription. Beaded ring on the rim.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
:DOMINUS PROVIDEBIT:1652
FG

Translation: The Lord will be my provider.

Edge

Plain.

Mint

Christiania, Oslo, Norway (1628-1695)

Marks

FG	Frederik Grüner Sr., Mint master, Christiania (1651-1674)
	Frederik Grüner Sr., Mint master, Christiania (1651-1674)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1652	FG											8 known

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Actual silver weight: 0.405 oz

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