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1 Krone - Frederik IX
| Issuer | Denmark |
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| Year | 1947-1960 |
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| Currency | Krone (1873-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | 1 KRONE 19 57 |
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Frederik IX came to the throne in 1947 — the same year this type was introduced — following his father Christian X, whose wartime reign had made the Danish monarchy a rare symbol of open resistance to German occupation. The aluminium bronze composition was a postwar compromise, replacing the earlier nickel issues and reflecting both metal availability constraints and a broader Scandinavian shift away from silver in small denominations during the late 1940s.
The type ran unchanged for thirteen years, which is itself diagnostic: dies from the later part of the run show measurably more clashing than early strikes.