Denmark 1960-CS 25 ore KM-850
This specimen was lot 42192 in Stack's Bowers Winter sale (Baltimore, November 2015), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "DENMARK. 25 Ore, 1960-C S. NGC PROOF-66 CAMEO. Oak Branch Reverse. Stands alone as the finest graded at PCGS and NGC. First year for the oak branch reverse type. No spots, tone or fog, a near perfect piece and highly in demand as such." This specimen is a copper-nickel twenty-five øre issued under King Frederik IX, and was issued 1960-67. It superseded an earlier type (KM 842.2) with a different monogram of the king. It is worthless in all grades, tho the SCWC does not list proofs. The privy mark (for Copenhagen) is shown as a small heart on the reverse, along with C and S, the initials of the mint officials.
Recorded mintage: 3,453,000 (including KM 842.2).
Specification: 4.5 g, copper-nickel, 23 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Sieg-6-H9, KM 850.
- 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.
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