Silver Danish 12 Skilling Coin from the Danish West Indies dated to 1767. The obverse features a crowned monogram of a large 'C' with a 'VII' in the centre of it. There is a legend around the circumference of the coin which reads 'D G DAN NOR VAN GOT REX'. The Reverse of the coin features the image of a ship in the centre of a circle, with the date 1767 beneath it. There is also a legend around the circumference of the coin which reads 'AMERICANSK M XII SKILL DANSKE'. This coin was struck with a frozen date of 1767 but was produced in 1782, 1790, 1791, 1795 and 1800. The coin is 22.47mm in diameter and weighs 2.1g.
Depicted place
(County of findspot) Pembrokeshire
Date
POST MEDIEVAL
Accession number
FindIdentifier: 958757
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