Wig eight shillings

The wig eight shilling (Danish: Parykotteskilling ) is a silver coin with a face value of eight shillings minted under the mint rule of the Danish King Frederik IV at the beginning of the 18th century . The coin was minted very often.

The coin shows on the front ( obverse ), a portrait of Frederik me conspicuous allonge -Perücke. The reverse shows a crown and the value. Often the coins were provided with an eyelet on the back and made into buttons for peasant costumes .

source

• Thomas Lautz : wig eight shillings. In: Tyll Kroha: Lexicon of Numismatics. Bertelsmann, Gütersloh 1977, ISBN 3-570-01588-2 , p. 357.