Denmark 1967-CS 10 kroner

Stack's Bowers 2021 NYINC sale, lot 23420

This specimen was lot 23420 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (Newport Beach, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $528. The catalog description^[1] noted, "DENMARK. 10 Kroner, 1967-C S. Copenhagen Mint. NGC PROOF-67 Ultra Cameo. KM-856. Struck to commemorate the wedding of Princess Margrethe, this type is VERY RARE in proof, with no mention of this finish even listed in the Standard Catalog. Exceedingly brilliant and frosted, with a great cameo nature." Another wedding commemorative was issued in 1968 (KM 857). Princess Margrethe became queen Margrethe II in 1972, on the death of her father, and still rules her domain (March 2021).

Recorded mintage: 419,542 (including 78,383 melted).

Specification: 20.4 g, 0.800 fine silver, 36 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-17.

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]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The January 2021 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Oro del Nuevo Mundo and Matt Orsini Collections, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

Links to:

• 1967 øre
• 1967 10 øre
• 1967 25 øre
• 1972-SB 10 kroner, death of Frederik IX
• Coins and currency dated 1967