20 kroner DENMARK (1995) 1000 Years of Danish Coinage

in the coin centre a bust of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark in a hat facing left; along the left edge: DRONNING MARGRETHE II, below in concave lettering: (Queen Margrethe II written in Latin and Runic alphabets); along the right edge: DANMARK, below in concave lettering: (Denmark written in Latin and Runic alphabets)

in the centre a crown with a cross in the background; along the top edge: DANSK MONT (Danish Mint); along the left edge face value: 20 KR. (KRONER); along the right edge two dates: 995-1995

seven plain and seven reeded sections

14 IX 1995

still circulating

Jan Petersen (symbol of fox' head inside the letter O in MONT on the reverse)

Den Kongelige Mønt (The Royal Mint), Copenhagen (mint mark inside a digit 0 in face value on the reverse; below the crown in the reverse with concave lettering initials of mint's director Grove LG)

1995

1 000 000

+ 25 000 in boxed annual sets

The commemorative coin with face value 20 kroner from 1995 marks the 1000^th anniversary of the Danish coinage. The deep relief makes it unusual. For the first time in the history of modern Danish coinage a very deep stamp was used to imitate the medieval coins. The reverse is not a copy of any specific coin. A crown and a cross are popular medieval motifs on Danish coins. Below there is an example of a coin struck by Sven Forkbeard in ca. 995. The inscription says: ZVEN REX DAENER (Sven King of Denmark). Coins of this type are considered to be the beginning of the Danish coinage.