10 kroner DENMARK (1979-1988)

in the coin centre head of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark facing right; along the edge: MARGRETHE II DANMARKS DRONNING (Margrethe II Queen of Denmark); ring of pearls at the edge

in the centre inside a disk composed of horizontal lines large face value: 10; along the bottom edge: KRONER; along each left and right edge a cereal ear; on top year of issue; ring of pearls at the edge

plain

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still circulating

Frode Bahnsen

Den Kongelige Mønt (The Royal Mint), Copenhagen (mint mark along the bottom edge of the obverse; before the mint mark the initial of mint's director Bjarnø B in years 1979-1981, or Rasmussen R in years 1982-1988; after the mint mark the initial of chief engraver Bahnsen B)

1979	76 801 000	B♥B	+ 6 000 in boxed annual sets
1981	10 520 000	B♥B	+ 15 700 in boxed annual sets
1982	1 065 000	R♥B	+ 17 000 in boxed annual sets
1983	1 123 000	R♥B	+ 14 600 in boxed annual sets
1984	748 000	R♥B	+ 14 000 in boxed annual sets
1985	720 000	R♥B	+ 14 000 in boxed annual sets
1987	719 000	R♥B	+ 15 000 in boxed annual sets
1988	718 000	R♥B	+ 20 000 in boxed annual sets

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