20 kroner DENMARK (2009) Ships - Lightship Fyrskib XVII

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 a lightship anchored on the waves slightly leftwards; along the top edge: FYRSKIB XVII (Lightship XVII); along the bottom edge face value: 20 KRONER

seven plain and seven reeded sections

27 V 2009

still circulating

Mogens Møller, Karin Lorentzen

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

2009

1 200 000

Lightship digited XVII (Fyrskib XVII) was built from oak in the shipyard N.F. Hansens Værft in Odense in 1895. Initially it was marking a Lappegrund bank in the Öresund Strait, and from 1921 she stationed in the Guldborgsund Strait with breaks until 1972, when it was purchased by the Danish National Museum. It took a long time to raise funds to renovate the lightship, but eventually in 2003, the renovated ship was placed in the Nyhavn canal in Copenhagen, along with other historical Danish units gathered there in the museum exhibition.

Lightship Fyrskib XVII in ca. 1949.

The coin series "Ships" (Skibsmønter) presents Denmark as a country of sailors. This series was inspired by a successful scientific expedition Galathea III, which was commemorated with a coin with the frigate Vædderen. The National Bank of Denmark issued 12 commemorative coins in this thematic series:

	20 kroner - frigate Vædderen (2007)
	20 kroner - frigate Jylland (2007)
	20 kroner - motor ship Selandia (2008)
	20 kroner - langskip Havhingsten (2008)
	20 kroner - royal yacht Dannebrog (2008)
	20 kroner - lightship Fyrskib XVII (2009)
	20 kroner - Faroese boat (Færøbåd) (2009)
	20 kroner - kayak and umiak (Kajak - Konebåd) (2010)
	20 kroner - container ship Emma Mærsk (2011)
	20 kroner - steamboat Hjejlen (2011)
	20 kroner - ferry Kong Frederik IX (2012)
	20 kroner - fishing vessel (Fiskekutter) (2012)