Denmark 1900-VBP 10 kroner

formerly in the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen was struck during the reign of Christian IX (1863-1906). The Scandinavian countries (Norway, Denmark and Sweden) formed their own monetary union in competition with the Latin Monetary Union based on the French twenty francs d'or. Like that union, the Scandinavian Monetary Union lasted until World War One blasted all hard currencies out of existence. The ten kroner shown here was issued 1873-77, 1890, 1898 and 1900 in limited numbers compared to the larger twenty kroner. This date is the last for the design; the last gold ten kroner is dated 1917.

Recorded mintage: 204,000.

Specification: 4.48 g, 0.900 fine gold, .129 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM 790.2.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed., Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015.
• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.

Link to:

• 1891 10 øre
• 1898-VBP 10 kroner
• 1900 25 øre
• 1900 20 kroner
• 1903 2 kroner
• 1908 10 kroner
• Coins and currency dated 1900
• return to coins of Denmark