DENMARK Coins
Skilling Rigsmønt of Denmark: Pre-Decimal Coinage
Illustrated Specimen Details: Skilling Rigsmønt Example Specimen: 1 skilling rigsmønt, 1856 (Kingdom of Denmark) Authority & Heraldry: The obverse prominently displays the denomination 1 SKILLING RIGSMØNT framed by a tradi…
Øre: From Ancient Roman Gold to Arctic Colonial Tokens
Illustrated Specimen Details: Colonial Greenland 25 Øre Example Specimen: 25 Øre, 1926 (Greenland — Colony of Denmark) Iconography & Design: Struck during the reign of King Christian X (who ruled Denmark during the 1912-194…
Skilling: Main Small Coin of the Scandinavian Kingdoms
Illustrated Specimen Details: 1 Skilling (Kingdom of Denmark) Example Specimen: 1 skilling, 1771 — Kingdom of Denmark History and Context: During the reign of Christian VII (1766-1808), Denmark and Norway existed as a unified…
Bit (Danish West Indies): History of the Coin
Illustrated Specimen Details: 5 Bit (1 Cent) Example Specimen: 5 bit (1 cent), 1905 Authority: Christian IX — King of Denmark (1863-1906). This coin was minted for the Danish West Indies, a colonial territory in the Caribbean …
Rigsbankskilling: coin from Kingdom of Denmark
RIGSBANKSKILLING: COIN OF DENMARK 1 rigsbankskilling, 1813: Kingdom of Denmark Ruler: Frederick VI — King of Denmark (1808-1839) and King of Norway (1808-1814); the last king of Denmark-Norway. Denmark-Norway — 16th-to-19th-century multi-national u…
Rigsdaler: coin from Kingdom of Denmark
RIGSDALER: COIN OF DENMARK 1/2 rigsdaler, 1855: Kingdom of Denmark Ruler: Frederick VII (Danish "Frederik Carl Christian") — the last King of Denmark (1848-1863) to rule as an absolute monarch. His motto was Danish "Folkets Kærlighed…