Denmark 1913-VBP 10 kroner
This specimen was lot 70435 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, May 2018), where it sold for $216. The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. 10 Kroner, 1913-VBP. PCGS MS-66. Tied with one other example as finest certified at NGC. Blazing luster with the appearance of having been made yesterday." 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. This type was struck 1913 and 1917 and represents the last gold ten kronor.
Recorded mintage: 312,000.
Specification: 4.48 g, 0.900 fine gold.
Catalog reference: KM 816.
- 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.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The May 2018 Collector's Choice Sale, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.
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- 1913 20 kronor
- 1917 10 kronor
- Coins and currency dated 1913
- return to coins of Denmark