Denmark 1900-VBP 25 ore

Stephen Album sale 38, lot 3320

This specimen was lot 3320 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $41.65. The catalog description^[1] noted, "DENMARK: Christian IX, 1863-1906, AR 25 øre, 1900, scarce overdate with 9/8, surface hairlines, NGC graded About Unc details." Danish currency endured several "reforms" in the nineteenth century. In 1874, the coinage was reformed again to the current system of 100 øre = one krone. This type was struck struck 1894, 1900 and 1904-05. This coin was struck to the same standard as the Swedish twenty-five öre and is the closest thing to a silver dime Denmark issued.

Recorded mintage: 1,206,000.

Specification: 2.42 g, 0.600 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM 796.2.

Source:

• Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed., Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

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• 1894 25 øre
• 1900 10 kroner
• 1900 20 kroner
• 1904 25 øre
• Coins and currency dated 1900