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Royal Danish Mint Coin Catalogue AUTUMN/WINTER 2009 Contents Welcome Welcome ............................... 2 In the summer of 2006 the Royal Danish Mint opened an Internet News ..................................... 3 shop with a view to serving Danish and foreign coin enthusiasts Banknote Sales ...................... 4 and collectors. Coin Set for Children 2009 .... 5 Collector’s Sets ....................... 6 The Internet shop is a great success and it is our impression that Tower Coin Set ...................... 6 customers worldwide welcome this easy and secure way to buy Proof Coin Sets ...................... 7 collector’s coins and coin sets. Coin Sets ............................... 7 Fairy Tale Coins .................... 10 Our website provides information about and pictures of all coins Polar Coins .......................... 12 minted in Denmark. This little catalogue is therefore meant as a Ship Coins ........................... 14 service to customers without Internet access. Old Gold Coins .................... 17 Commemorative Coins ........ 18 The catalogue includes the pictures and descriptions of collector’s coins currently found at www.royalmint.dk. Updated catalogues will be published from time to time. To order coins, fi ll in the enclosed form and send it to the Royal Danish Mint, or call us on telephone (+45) 43 45 40 11, Monday- Friday 8.30-11.00 a.m. and 1.00-2.30 p.m. 2 News from the Royal Danish Mint Coin Set 2009 Seventh Ship Coin As usual, the Coin Set is minted in two From 2009 onwards it has been decided On 2 November 2009, Danmarks Natio- versions, an ordinary version and a proof to cease to offer delivery of the year’s nalbank issued the seventh coin in the version, which is an especially fi ne quality. coins in rolls. ship series. Its motif was a characteristic Both sets include a medal. Faroese boat. It should be added that all denominations Read more about Coin Sets on p. 7. are included in the Coin Set for Children The motif for the new ship coin was de- 2009, which was issued in January 2009, signed by the sculptor Hans Pauli Olsen, Coins in circulation and in the ordinary Coin Set 2009, as who is himself Faroese. So far, banks have, for a short period well as the proof version. every year, been able to order and receive The Royal Danish Mint has been work- all coins in the Danish series minted that Coin Fair ing with Hans Pauli Olsen for several year. On 31 October 2009, the Royal Danish years, and he was also the artist behind Mint took part in the Copenhagen Coin the motifs of the Ugly Duckling, the However, in connection with the abolition Fair at the Radisson SAS Falconer Hotel in Christiansborg Palace Tower and Nólsoy of the 25-øre coin, the Royal Danish Mint Frederiksberg, Copenhagen. Lighthouse. has also received a considerable number of other coins. The stocks have been so At the Fair, the sketches for the seventh Read more large that it was not necessary to mint ship coin, which was issued on 2 Novem- about the all denominations for circulation in 2009. ber, were presented. The sculptor Hans previous The following denominations were not Pauli Olsen, who designed the motif, was ship coins minted in 2009: 50 øre, 2 kroner and 5 present at the Fair. on p. 14. kroner. Presumably it will not be neces- sary to mint all denominations for circula- tion in 2010 either. 3 Banknotes Sales Danmarks Nationalbank has received The remaining banknotes in the new in 1978, is 1,717 metres long and has a inquiries from collectors wishing to buy series will also be on sale at the Royal maximum vertical clearance of 26 metres. the fi rst 50-krone banknotes in the new Danish Mint as they are issued. series, i.e. the fi rst edition with low num- For years before the bridge was ope- bers, as well as 50-krone banknotes from Moreover, it will be possible to buy Faroe- ned, the route was served by two ferries the old series. se 1,000-, 500-, 200-, 100- and 50-krone named Pinen (The Pain) and Plagen (The banknotes from the Royal Danish Mint. Plague). In 1977, the ferries carried 1.3 The banknotes will be supplied individual- million people and 658,000 vehicles ly in plastic pockets. Each pocket will also Banknotes are sold at their nominal value. across the sound. include the description of the relevant However, as considerable administration banknote that was distributed when the is involved, a handling fee of DKK 200 The Skarpsalling Vessel banknote was issued on 11 August 2009. including VAT will be charged per order. The clay vessel from Skarpsalling in Him- merland (Jutland), was found in a stone Orders are limited to 10 burial chamber in 1891. The vessel is one banknotes. The usual postage of the fi nest examples of pottery design for deliveries from the Royal and decoration known from Stone Age Danish Mint apply. Denmark. 50-krone banknote, It was created when the barrows were built in approximately 3200 BC, when 2009 series pottery as a craft was at its peak. Clay Sallingsund Bridge vessels were used during the burial rituals The Sallingsund Bridge links – some pots with contents were stored in the peninsula of Salling to the the barrows and others were put at the Liim Fiord island of Mors. The entrance to the chambers. bridge, which was opened 4 Coin Set for Children 2009 The beginning of a new life is a special moment for any family and should be celebrated with a special gift. The Royal Danish Mint issues a coin set for children, giving you an opportunity to remember the year when the child was born or christened. The coin set makes a good christening present. The coin set includes the Danish coin series, i.e. 50-øre and 1-, 2-, 5-, 10- and 20-krone coins minted in 2009, as well as a medal made from Nordic Gold. On the inside of the coin set, there is space for data such as the child’s name, date of birth and christening date. The Coin Set for Children 2009 was issued on 19 January 2009. Sold out Coin Set for Children 2008 – Sold out Date of issue: 5 February 2008. Edition: 1,000 sets. Coin Set for Children 2007 – Rec. retail price DKK 250.00 Date of issue: 29 January 2007. Edition: 2,700 sets. Coin Set for Children 2006 – Rec. retail price DKK 250.00 Date of issue: 28 February 2006. Edition: 5,000 sets. 5 Collector’s Sets Thematic coins were introduced in Tower Coin Set Denmark to stimulate interest in coins All 10 coins in the Tower Set have been minted and increase awareness of the coins in an extra fi ne collector’s quality, which means we use. that the coins are uncirculated and are min- ted with two strokes. 20-krone Tower coins The 10th and fi nal 20-krone coin in The Tower Coin Set was issued on the tower series – with the Copenha- 20 June 2007. Edition: 8,600 sets. gen City Hall Tower as its motif – was issued in June 2007. Rec. retail price DKK 495.00. The series was replaced by the ship series. Fairy Tale Coin Set 10-krone Fairy Tale coins The Fairy Tale Set is an attractive coin set com- The fi rst 10-krone series, comprising prising all fi ve Fairy Tale coins and a special medal 5 coins, was inspired by Hans Christian with a portrait of Hans Christian Andersen. Andersen’s Fairy Tales. The issue of the Nightingale coin in October 2007 The Fairy Tale Coin Set was issued on marked the completion of the series. 25 October 2007. Edition: 6,675 sets. The Fairy Tale coins were replaced by Sold out a Polar series to mark the Internatio- nal Polar Year (IPY) 2007-09. 6 Proof Versions Proof Coin Set Coin Set 2004 Proof Set – Sold out The proof version of the Coin Set is min- 2009 Edition: 3,000 sets ted in an extra fi ne quality. The coins are The Coin Set 2009 was issued on 28 minted with several strokes with extre- September 2009. It includes the six coins 2005 Proof Set mely well-polished dies. in circulation and a medal. Edition: 2,650 sets The proof sets include the six coins in The obverse of the coin shows the mint 2006 Proof Set circulation and a silver medal. mark of the Royal Danish Mint, a heart Edition: 1,800 sets under a crown, while the reverse is a copy of a medal issued in 1736 by King 2007 Proof Set Christian VI. Edition: 1,400 sets 2008 Proof Set – Sold out Edition: 1,000 sets 2009 Proof Set – Sold out Rec. retail price DKK 875.00 Rec. retail price Rec. retail price DKK 875.00 DKK 200.00 7 Coin Sets 2008 2007 2006 The Coin Set 2008 was issued on 10 No- The Coin Set 2007 was issued on The Coin Set 2006 was issued on 16 Oc- vember 2008. It includes all seven coins 3 December 2007. It includes the seven tober 2006. It includes the seven ordinary in the Danish coin series, as well as a ordinary coins in circulation, as well as coins in circulation, as well as a copy of a copy of a medal issued to commemorate a copy of a medal from 1916 with the medal from 1691 with the Floating Dock the naval battle off the coast of Elsinore corvette Galathea as its motif. in the Sound off Copenhagen as its motif. (Kronborg Castle) in October 1658. Edition: 23,000 sets Edition: 25,000 sets The 2008 coin set includes the 25-øre coin Rec.