SKILLING RIGSMØNT: COIN OF DENMARK
1 skilling rigsmønt, 1856: Kingdom of Denmark
Ruler: Frederick VII — the last King of Denmark (1848-1863) to rule as an absolute monarch.
1 SKILLING RIGSMØNT.
F VII: crowned monogram of Frederick VII.
Wreath of oak leaves.
Microsymbol under the monogram of the monarch — Globus cruciger (the orb and cross), — as mintmark of Altona.
Altona Mint (nowadays — the urban borough of the Hamburg, Germany).
- Bronze: 21.5 mm - 3.7 g
- Reference price: 4$
COIN SKILLING RIGSMØNT — WHERE & WHEN (coins catalog: by names & emitents)
- KINGDOM OF DENMARK (1856-1874): skilling rigsmønt = 1/96 rigsdaler
About the name of the coin skilling rigsmønt: in fact, it is only a variant of Danish skilling (along with another variant — rigsbankskilling). As for the name skilling rigsmønt, it should be noted that "Rigsmønt" means "National / state coin" in Danish.
