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Denmark. Christian VII (1766-1808) Altona Type 7G, reverse/obverse die combination A784/AO775
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Altona Type 7G, reverse/obverse die combination A784/AO775 (very common = 100-200 coins); Hede 37, Schou 9-21, Sieg 2, Pedersen __, KM 616.1
1 Skilling, copper (11.693 g.). Altona mint (in Royal Holstein-Schleswig); immobilized date 1771 but minted from mid-1784 to July 1785. Dies made by Johan Henrik Wolff.
11.57 g., 30.01 mm. max., 0°
Obv.: Crowned double C7 monogram.
Rev.: 1 flanked by rosettes / SKILLING / DANSKE / K • M • / 1771 • / rosette, in six lines.
Of the 54,757,104 1771-dated 1 skilling coins minted over a period of 16 years (1771-1786), an estimated 30,000 to 50,000 exist. There are 984 known die combinations. They were minted at three mints. Altona Type 7 comprises 22.1% of the total.
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