Issued to mark the June 1995 marriage of Prince Joachim to Alexandra Manley, a Hong Kong-born commoner whose arrival in the Danish royal family generated considerable public enthusiasm. It was the first Danish royal wedding commemorative struck in aluminium bronze rather than silver, a deliberate move by the Nationalbank to produce a coin accessible enough for general circulation rather than collector sets alone. The piece entered everyday commerce and worn examples are accordingly common.
Issued to mark the June 1995 marriage of Prince Joachim to Alexandra Manley, a Hong Kong-born commoner whose arrival in the Danish royal family generated considerable public enthusiasm. It was the first Danish royal wedding commemorative struck in aluminium bronze rather than silver, a deliberate move by the Nationalbank to produce a coin accessible enough for general circulation rather than collector sets alone. The piece entered everyday commerce and worn examples are accordingly common.