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2 Kroner - Christian IX Anniversary of Reign
| Issuer | Royal Danish Mint |
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| Year | 1888 |
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| Composition | Silver (.800) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Issued to mark the 25th anniversary of Christian IX's accession in 1863, this commemorative was struck at a moment when the Danish crown carried unusual dynastic weight — three of Christian's daughters had married into the royal houses of Britain, Russia, and Greece, earning him the informal title "father-in-law of Europe." The anniversary coin appeared just three years after the trauma of 1864, when Denmark lost Schleswig-Holstein to Prussia and Austria, a territorial wound still raw in Danish public memory.
The .800 silver alloy was standard for Danish coinage of this period, chosen after the transition to the Scandinavian Monetary Union of 1873.