10 kroner DENMARK (2007) Polar Year - Polar Bear

10 kroner 2007 Polar Year - Polar Bear - coins of Denmark

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
23.35 mm	7.0 g	2.35 mm	Cu₉₂Al₆Ni₂

obverse:

in the coin centre inside a ring head of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark facing right; along the bottom edge year of issue: 2007; along the top edge: MARGRETHE II DANMARKS DRONNING (Margrethe II Queen of Denmark)

reverse:

in the centre inside a disk a polar bear en face on an ice-floe; along the top edge: POLARÅR 2007-2009 (Polar Year 2007-2009); along the bottom edge face value: 10 KRONER

edge:

plain

issue date:

26 III 2007

withdrawal date:

still circulating

designer:

Mogens Møller, Neils Motzfedt

mint:

Den Kongelige Mønt (The Royal Mint), Copenhagen (mint mark before DANMARKS on the obverse)

mintage:

2007

1 200 000

thematic series:

Danish thematic series of coins "Polar Year" was issued to promote 3^rd International Polar Year 2007-2009. The concept of the polar year appeared at the end of the 19^th century, when scientists managed to coordinate investigations of polar regions in such a way that studies were performed in many countries in the same year. Denmark focused their scientific powers on their polar island Greenland and the Royal Mint promoted their efforts on three types of coins:

	10 kroner - Polar Bear (Isbjørn) (2007)
	10 kroner - Sirius (Sirius) (2008)
	10 kroner - Northern Lights (Nordlys) (2009)

last update: 23 II 2013

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