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10 Kroner - Margrethe II 5th portrait
| Issuer | Royal Danish Mint (Den Kongelige Mønt) |
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| Year | 2011-2012 |
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| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Lis Nogel Reverse: Ronny Andersen |
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| Reverse description | Central depiction of the Danish Royal Coat of Arms, featuring a shield charged with three crowned passant lions accompanied by nine hearts, rendered in fine detail. The shield is surmounted by a large stylised royal crown with orb finial and elaborate acanthus scroll mantling. The denomination legend '10 KRONER' is inscribed in bold capital letters along the lower arc of the coin, framed within a plain inner border. |
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| Reverse lettering | 10 KRONER |
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Denmark's 10-krone aluminium bronze series has cycled through multiple portrait updates as official policy rather than any constitutional requirement — the Royal Danish Mint periodically commissions new effigies to reflect the sovereign's age. This fifth portrait of Margrethe II, introduced in 2011, was sculpted by Mogens Møller, who had by then become the dominant portrait engraver for Danish circulation coinage.
Production ran only through 2012 before the type was superseded, keeping total mintage figures modest relative to earlier portrait issues in the same denomination.