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20 Kroner - Margrethe II 4th portrait, Tre Brødre
| Issuer | Royal Danish Mint (Den Kongelige Mønt) |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Thickness | 2.35 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Three stone cairns (inuksuit) rendered in bold relief occupy the central field, set against a stylised circular background evoking the Greenland landscape and the Arctic rose motif. The cairns, traditional Inuit navigational markers known as 'Tre Brødre' (Three Brothers), are depicted with detailed stone texture and flanking vegetation at their bases. The legend 'TRE BRØDRE' arcs across the upper border, while the denomination '20 KRONER' is inscribed along the lower border, all within a raised inner circle. |
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The "Tre Brødre" — Three Brothers — refers to a cluster of three rocks off the coast of Helsingør that have served as a navigation marker for ships entering the Øresund strait for centuries. The 2006 Danish commemorative series drew on precisely these kinds of understated maritime landmarks rather than grand monuments, reflecting a deliberate editorial choice by the mint to document quotidian Danish geography before it vanished from cultural memory.
Margrethe II's fourth portrait, introduced in 2001 by sculptor Mogens Møller, replaced the third portrait used since 1993.