Denmark 2009 1000 kroner
This specimen was lot 3522 in Künker sale 406 (Osnabrück, March 2024), where it sold for €700 (about US$919 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"DÄNEMARK, KÖNIGREICH, Margrethe II. seit 1972. 1.000 Kronen 2009. 4. Internationales Polarjahr 2007-2009 - Nordlicht. 7,78 g Feingold. GOLD. In Originaletui und mit Originalzertifikat. Polierte Platte. (kingdom of Denmark, Margaret II, since 1972, one thousand kroner of 2009, for the fourth international polar year, Northern Lights. With original box and certificate, proof.)"
Queen Margrethe II has been the monarch since 1972. Recently, the Danes voted not to join the euro, so the krone still circulates.
Recorded mintage: 2,400.
Specification: 8.65 g, 0.900 fine gold, 22 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 934, Fr-308.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
- Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed., Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 406: Gold Coins | Coins and Medals from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. Löwenstein-Wertheim | German Coins after 1871, a. o. Patterns from the Coenen Collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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