1 øre DENMARK (1948-1972)

in the coin centre the monogram of King Frederick IX of Denmark; above the crown of Christian V divides the year of issue

in the coin centre in two lines the face value: 1 / ØRE; along the bottom edge: DANMARK (Denmark)

plain

2 IX 1948

1 IV 1973

The Royal Mint artists

Den Kongelige Mønt (The Royal Mint), Copenhagen (mint mark before DANMARK on the reverse; before the mint mark the initial of mint chief Nielsen N in years 1948-1955 or Christiansen C in years 1956-1971, or Sørensen S in 1972; after DANMARK the initial of the chief engraver Salomon S)

1948	460 054	N♥S
1949	2 513 099	N♥S
1950	9 452 841	N♥S
1951	2 931 036	N♥S
1952	7 626 126	N♥S
1953	11 993 985	N♥S
1954	12 642 324	N♥S
1955	14 177 210	N♥S
1956	20 211 309	C♥S
1957	20 899 519	C♥S
1958	16 020 782	C♥S
1959	15 929 391	C♥S
1960	23 982 063	C♥S
1961	18 985 672	C♥S
1962	16 991 734	C♥S
1963	28 985 909	C♥S
1964	21 971 346	C♥S
1965	29 942 713	C♥S
1966	35 906 619	C♥S
1967	32 959 210	C♥S
1968	21 889 113	C♥S
1969	29 243 232	C♥S
1970	22 969 678	C♥S
1971	21 982 853	C♥S
1972	5 002 598	S♥S

1964 - digit 4 in the year of issue is placed unnaturally far from digit 6, or close to it



1970 - digit 0 in year of issue placed higher than digit 7, or digit 0 lower than 7 and the 7 is rotated

Except for the period 2002-2013 on Danish coinage next to the heart - the mint mark of the Royal Mint of Denmark, also initials of mint's directors (usually before the heart) and of main engravers (usually after the heart) were placed. Thus the following combinations are found on the modern coins: N♥S, C♥S, S♥S, S♥B, B♥B, R♥B, NR♥JP, LG♥JP, JS♥HW. Let's meet the people standing behind these initials:

mint directors			chief engravers
N	1927-1955	Niels Peter Nielsen	S	1933-1968	Harald Salomon
C	1956-1971	Alfred Frederik Christiansen	B	1968-1983	Frode Bahnsen
S	1971-1978	Vagn Sørensen	JP	1989-2001	Jan Petersen
B	1978-1981	Peter Bjarnø	HW	from 2014	Henrik Wiberg
R, NR	1982-1989	Niels Nørregaard Rasmussen
LG	1989-2001	Laust Grove
JS	from 2014	Jørgen Strandgaard

In the first half of 1973 the Royal Mint struck 100,000 sets of coins with face values 1 and 2 øre to commemorate the fact of withdrawing these from circulation. On the contrary to the original coins, these were struck in bronze. Each set contained four coins of 1 øre (years 1960, 1962, 1963 and 1964) as well as six coins of 2 øre (years 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 and 1966);

The official monogram of King Frederik IX of Denmark contains the crown of King Christian V. This regal attribute graced the heads of all the Danish kings from 1670 until 1840. Today the crown is held in the former residence of the kings of Denmark - Rosenborg Castle (now a museum). It is used nowadays only during the royal funerals (in castrum doloris).