2 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: 2 / 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	1 926 775	N♥S
1949	1 602 609	N♥S
1950	4 543 934	N♥S
1951	3 766 254	N♥S
1952	4 874 464	N♥S
1953	8 112 191	N♥S
1954	6 496 955	N♥S
1955	6 968 489	N♥S
1956	10 004 092	C♥S
1957	15 328 913	C♥S
1958	8 120 291	C♥S
1959	10 462 285	C♥S
1960	16 504 219	C♥S
1961	15 458 564	C♥S
1962	10 980 069	C♥S
1963	19 470 326	C♥S
1964	15 411 485	C♥S
1965	20 173 073	C♥S
1966	21 948 593	C♥S
1967	22 438 620	C♥S
1968	17 631 798	C♥S
1969	29 275 906	C♥S
1970	23 864 297	C♥S
1971	35 810 560	C♥S
1972	6 495 547	S♥S

1967 - a) digit '7' in year of issue on the reverse right next to digit '6' or b) digit '7' clearly lower than digit '6'

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).