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20 Kroner - Frederik VIII
| Issuer | Royal Danish Mint |
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| Year | 1908-1912 |
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| Composition | Gold (.900) |
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| Reverse description | The elaborately detailed crowned coat of arms of Denmark, quartered and displaying the Danish lions with hearts, the lion of Norway, the ram of the Faroe Islands, the bear of Greenland, and other royal heraldic charges, all supported on either side by wildmen (savage supporters) holding clubs, with the shield surmounted by a large royal crown. The denomination '20 KRONER' is inscribed boldly across the lower portion of the shield, with the date placed vertically along the left side of the arms. The entire design is contained within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse lettering | 1911 20 KRONER |
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Frederik VIII ascended the Danish throne in 1906 at age 62, having waited longer than almost any modern European heir before his reign finally began. His five-year rule was cut short by his death in Hamburg in 1912 — he died in a hotel under an assumed name, apparently to avoid diplomatic ceremony while traveling. The gold 20 Kroner issue spans nearly his entire reign, making it one of the shorter-run royal portrait series in Danish numismatics.
Denmark's gold coinage of this period was tied to the Scandinavian Monetary Union, which pegged the Danish krone to the Swedish and Norwegian currencies at a fixed gold rate from 1873 onward. The union held until World War I suspended convertibility.