Denmark 1953-NS 2 kroner KM-844

Stack's Bowers November 2015 sale, lot 42191

This specimen was lot 42191 in Stack's Bowers Winter sale (Baltimore, November 2015), where it sold for $45. The catalog description^[1] noted, "DENMARK. 2 Kroner, 1953-NS. PCGS MS-64 Secure Holder. Greenland TB Commemorative. Only coin around that depicts the island of Greenland. Nearly all white with lots of luster." Altho the regular issue (KM 838.1) was aluminum bronze, the mint returned to silver for this commemorative, which is fairly common in all grades. It honored a campaign to eradicate tuberculosis from Greenland. The SCWC notes that altho it is dated 1953, it was issued in 1956.

Recorded mintage: 151,710.

Specification: 15 g, 0.800 fine silver, 31 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 844.

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.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, and Todd McKenna, The November 2015 Baltimore Auction, World Coins and Paper Money, featuring the Ray Czabor Collection and selections from the Strong Museum, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2015.

Link to:

• 1932 25 øre
• 1940 øre
• 1953 10 øre
• 1958 2 kroner
• Coins and currency dated 1953
• return to coins of Denmark