10 kroner DENMARK (2009) Polar Year - Northern Lights

in the coin centre inside a ring head of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark facing right; along the bottom edge year of issue: 2009; along the top edge: MARGRETHE II DANMARKS DRONNING (Margrethe II Queen of Denmark)

in the centre inside a disk northern lights over the Greenland landscape; lower ice crystals and a wind rose; along the top edge: POLARÅR 2007-2009 (Polar Year 2007-2009); along the bottom edge face value: 10 KRONER

plain

23 II 2009

still circulating

Mogens Møller, Morten Stræde

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

2009

1 200 000

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)