Kingdom of Denmark
Kingdom in Northern Europe
Location: Scandinavia
Capital City: Jelling (930-1020), Roskilde (1020-1443), Copenhagen (1443-present)
Government type: Feudal Monarchy (930-1660), Absolute Monarchy (1660-1849), Constitutional Monarchy (1849-pesent)
Main languages: Danish
Main religions: Protestant Christianity
Chronology
930: Gorm the Old becomes the first king of a unified Denmark
1013-1042: "North Sea Empire" personal union with England and Norway
1396-1523: Intermittent personal unions with Sweden and Norway, "Kalmar Union"
1637-1814: Dual Monarchy with Norway
1940-1945: German Occupation
Currency
Penning (930-1513)
1 Penning = 2 Skærv • 1 Sterling = 3 Pennings • 1 Hvid = 4 Pennings • 1 Gros = 9 Pennings • 1 Skilling = 12 Pennings • 1 Noble = 80 Pennings • 1 Goldgulden = 576 Pennings
Gulden (1513-1572)
1 Gulden = 3 Mark = 48 Skilling = 96 Søsling = 144 Hvid = 288 Blaffert = 576 Pennings • 3.5 Gulden = 1 Dukat
Speciedaler (1572-1625)
1 Speciedaler = 4 Mark = 96 Skilling = 288 Hvid = 192 Søsling = 864 Pennings • 3 Mark = 1 Krone
Rigsdaler Specie (1625-1813)
1 Rigsdaler = 6 Mark = 96 Skilling = 288 Hvid • 4 Mark = 1 Krone • 2 Speciedaler = 1 Dukat • 5 Speciedaler = 1 Christian D'or
Rigsdaler Courant (1628-1873)
1 Rigsdaler Courant = 6 Mark Courant = 96 Skilling Courant = 1152 Penning Courant
Rigsbankdaler (1813-1854)
1 Rigsbankdaler = 6 Rigsdaler Courant = 30 Skillimg Courant = 96 Skilling • 2 Rigsbankdaler = 1 Speciedaler
Rigsdaler Rigsmont (1854-1873)
1 Rigsdaler = 6 Rigsdaler Courant = 96 Skilling
Krone (1873-present)
1 Krone = 100 Øre
Coins from Denmark in the collection
•1 Skilling, 1771 (King Christian VII (1766-1808), copper, Altona, Copenhagen, and Kongsberg mints, KM#616)
•1 Skilling, 1813 (King Frederik VI (1808-1839), copper, KM#680)
•2 Skilling, 1818 (King Frederik VI (1808-1839), copper, Copenhagen mint, KM#689)
•1 Skilling, 1856 (King Frederik VII (1848-1863), bronze, Altona mint, KM#763)
•4 Skilling, 1854 (King Frederik VII (1848-1863), billon, Altona mint, KM#758)
•1 Øre, 1919 (King Christian X (1912-1947), bronze, Copenhagen mint, KM#812)
•1 Øre, 1941 (King Christian X (1912-1947), zinc, KM#832)
•2 Øre, 1874 (King Christian IX (1863-1906), bronze, Copenhagen mint, KM#793)
•2 Øre, 1907 (King Frederik VIII (1906-1912), bronze, KM#805)
•2 Øre, 1921 (King Christian X (1912-1947), bronze, Copenhagen mint, KM#813)
•2 Øre, 1928 (King Christian X (1912-1947), bronze, Copenhagen mint, KM#827)
•2 Øre, 1942 (King Christian X (1912-1947), zinc, KM#833a)
•2 Øre, 1948 (King Frederik IX (1947-1972), zinc, Copenhagen mint, KM#840)
•5 Øre, 1930 (King Christian X (1912-1947), bronze, Copenhagen mint, KM#828)
•5 Øre, 1941 (King Christian X (1912-1947), aluminum, KM#834)
•5 Øre, 1960 (King Frederik IX (1947-1972), zinc, Copenhagen mint, KM#843)
•5 Øre, 1964 (King Frederik IX (1947-1972), bronze, Copenhagen mint, KM#848)
•5 Øre, 1966 (King Frederik IX (1947-1972), bronze, Copenhagen mint, KM#848)
•5 Øre, 1970 (King Frederik IX (1947-1972), bronze, Copenhagen mint, KM#848)
•5 Øre, 1973 (Queen Margrethe II (1972-2024), copper-plated iron, Copenhagen mint, KM#859)
•5 Øre, 1977 (Queen Margrethe II (1972-2024), copper-plated iron, Copenhagen mint, KM#859)
•5 Øre, 1980 (Queen Margrethe II (1972-2024), copper-plated iron, Copenhagen mint, KM#859)
•10 Øre, 1926 (King Christian X (1912-1947), cupronickel, Copenhagen mint, KM#822)
•10 Øre, 1936 (King Christian X (1912-1947), cupronickel, Copenhagen mint, KM#822)
•10 Øre, 1937 (King Christian X (1912-1947), cupronickel, Copenhagen mint, KM#822)
•10 Øre, 1938 (King Christian X (1912-1947), cupronickel, Copenhagen mint, KM#822)
•10 Øre, 1939 (King Christian X (1912-1947), cupronickel, Copenhagen mint, KM#822)
•10 Øre, 1953 (King Frederik IX (1947-1972), cupronickel, Copenhagen mint, KM#841)
•10 Øre, 1954 (King Frederik IX (1947-1972), cupronickel, Copenhagen mint, KM#841)
•10 Øre, 1955 (King Frederik IX (1947-1972), cupronickel, Copenhagen mint, KM#841)
•10 Øre, 1957 (King Frederik IX (1947-1972), cupronickel, Copenhagen mint, KM#841)
•10 Øre, 1965 (King Frederik IX (1947-1972), cupronickel, Copenhagen mint, KM#849)
•10 Øre, 1966 (King Frederik IX (1947-1972), cupronickel, Copenhagen mint, KM#849)
•10 Øre, 1969 (King Frederik IX (1947-1972), cupronickel, Copenhagen mint, KM#849)
•10 Øre, 1973 (Queen Margrethe II (1972-2024), cupronickel, Copenhagen mint, KM#860)
•10 Øre, 1975 (Queen Margrethe II (1972-2024), cupronickel, Copenhagen mint, KM#860)
•25 Øre, 1905 (King Christian IX (1863-1906), silver (.600), Copenhagen mint, KM#796)
•25 Øre, 1911 (King Frederik VIII (1906-1912), silver (.600), Copenhagen mint, KM#808)
•25 Øre, 1941 (King Christian X (1912-1947), zinc, Copenhagen mint, KM#823.2a)
•25 Øre, 1943 (King Christian X (1912-1947), zinc, Copenhagen mint, KM#823.2a)
•25 Øre, 1944 (King Christian X (1912-1947), zinc, Copenhagen mint, KM#823.2a)
•25 Øre, 1947 (King Christian X (1912-1947), cupronickel, Copenhagen mint, KM#823)
•25 Øre, 1949 (King Frederik IX (1947-1972), cupronickel, Copenhagen mint, KM#842)
•25 Øre, 1967 (King Frederik IX (1947-1972), cupronickel, Copenhagen mint, KM#855)
•25 Øre, 1968 (King Frederik IX (1947-1972), cupronickel, Copenhagen mint, KM#855)
•25 Øre, 1971 (King Frederik IX (1947-1972), cupronickel, Copenhagen mint, KM#855)
•25 Øre, 1972 (King Frederik IX (1947-1972), cupronickel, Copenhagen mint, KM#855)
•25 Øre, 1976 (Queen Margrethe II (1972-2024), cupronickel, Copenhagen mint, KM#861)
•25 Øre, 2006 (Queen Margrethe II (1972-2024), bronze, Copenhagen mint, KM#868)
•50 Øre, 1996 (Queen Margrethe II (1972-2024), bronze, Copenhagen mint, KM#866)
•1 Krone, 1925 (King Christian X (1912-1947), aluminum bronze, Copenhagen mint, KM#824)
•1 Krone, 1942 (King Christian X (1912-1947), aluminum bronze, Copenhagen mint, KM#835)
•1 Krone, 1945 (King Christian X (1912-1947), aluminum bronze, Copenhagen mint, KM#835)
•1 Krone, 1962 (King Frederik IX (1947-1972), cupronickel, Copenhagen mint, KM#851)
•1 Krone, 1972 (King Frederik IX (1947-1972), cupronickel, Copenhagen mint, KM#851)
•1 Krone, 1973 (Queen Margrethe II (1972-2024), cupronickel, Copenhagen mint, KM#862)
•1 Krone, 1976 (Queen Margrethe II (1972-2024), cupronickel, Copenhagen mint, KM#862)
•1 Krone, 1979 (Queen Margrethe II (1972-2024), cupronickel, Copenhagen mint, KM#862)
•1 Krone, 1984 (Queen Margrethe II (1972-2024), cupronickel, Copenhagen mint, KM#862)
•1 Krone, 1988 (Queen Margrethe II (1972-2024), cupronickel, Copenhagen mint, KM#862)
•1 Krone, 1994 (Queen Margrethe II (1972-2024), cupronickel, Copenhagen mint, KM#873)
•2 Krone, 1916 (King Christian X (1912-1947), silver (.800), Copenhagen mint, KM#820)
•2 Krone, 1925 (King Christian X (1912-1947), aluminum bronze, Copenhagen mint, KM#825)
•2 Krone, 1945 (King Christian X (1912-1947), silver (.800), KM#836) Commemorative: 75th Birthday of King Christian X
•2 Krone, 1956 (King Frederik IX (1947-1972), aluminum bronze, Copenhagen mint, KM#838)
•2 Krone, 1998 (Queen Margrethe II (1972-2024), cupronickel, Copenhagen mint, KM#874)
•5 Krone, 1971 (King Frederik IX (1947-1972), cupronickel, Copenhagen mint, KM#853)
•5 Krone, 1975 (Queen Margrethe II (1972-2024), cupronickel, Copenhagen mint, KM#863)
•5 Krone, 1994 (Queen Margrethe II (1972-2024), cupronickel, Copenhagen mint, KM#869)
•20 Krone, 1996 (Queen Margrethe II (1972-2024), aluminum bronze, Copenhagen mint, KM#878)
•20 Krone, 2002 (Queen Margrethe II (1972-2024), aluminum bronze, Copenhagen mint, KM#889) Comemmorative: Danish Towers (Århus City Hall)
•20 Krone, 2003 (Queen Margrethe II (1972-2024), aluminum bronze, Copenhagen mint, KM#892) Comemmorative: Danish Towers (Christiansborg Castle)
•20 Krone, 2004 (Queen Margrethe II (1972-2024), aluminum bronze, Copenhagen mint, KM#891)
Banknotes from Denmark in the collection
•1 Krone, 1921 (King Christian X (1912-1947), P#12)
•20 Krone, 1981 (Queen Margrethe II (1972-2024), P#49)
•50 Krone, 2012 (Queen Margrethe II (1972-2024), P#65)