- Very Fine Denmark 2 mark silver coin.
- Scarce type struck for King Christian IV at the Gluckstadt Mint (present day Schleswig-Holstein, Germany).
- Certified by NGC to VF Details Obv Graffiti (small collector's number "29").
- Obverse: C4·II· MARCK· DANSKE· 1645.
- Reverse: Hebrew letters for "Jehovah" between IUSTUS above and IUDEX below (Translation: God is a righteous judge). Gluckstadt mintmark at bottom between rosettes.
- Historical context: Christian IV, whose reign overlapped with the Thirty Years' War, issued these coins as a bold political statement after Sweden invaded Denmark in 1643. The king, who sketched the design himself, wanted to appeal to divine justice and publicly leave the outcome of the dispute to God.
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