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20 Cents / 1 Franc - Frederik VIII
| Issuer | Danish West Indies (1730-1917) |
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| Year | 1907 |
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| Weight | 5 g |
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| Obverse lettering | *FREDERIK. VIII. DANMARKS. KONGE* (Translation: Frederik VIII king of Denmark) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Danish West Indies franc coinage of 1907 was a direct consequence of the islands' dual-currency reality: American trade demanded dollar-denominated accounting while Danish colonial administration preferred the krone system. The 20-cent/1-franc denomination was a genuine bimetallic compromise struck to satisfy both, and the parallel face values were legally equivalent rather than approximate.
Frederik VIII had ascended only the year before, making this one of his earliest colonial issues. Denmark sold the islands to the United States in 1917 for $25 million in gold — the entire surviving coinage of this reign was rendered obsolete within eleven years of striking.