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20 Kroner - Christian IX
| Issuer | Royal Danish Mint (Den Kongelige Mønt) |
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| Year | 1873-1900 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed right-facing effigy of King Christian IX with naturalistic curly hair and a short beard, rendered in high relief with fine portrait detail. The king's truncation is visible at the base of the neck. The circular legend reads CHRISTIAN IX KONGE AF DANMARK, divided around the portrait, with the date below the bust and the engraver's initials CS to the right of the date. The design is framed by a continuous beaded border. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Christian IX's 20 Kroner was among the first coins struck under the Scandinavian Monetary Union, which Denmark, Sweden, and Norway formalized in 1873 — the opening year of this type. The Union pegged member currencies to gold at a common rate, eliminating exchange costs across borders and making this coin legally spendable in Stockholm or Christiania as readily as Copenhagen.
Denmark's entry into the Union came just two years after the humiliation of the Second Schleswig War, in which Prussia and Austria had stripped roughly a third of Danish territory. Fiscal credibility mattered enormously in that political climate.