Issued to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Margrethe II's accession on January 14, 1972 — the day she became Denmark's first queen regnant since Margrethe I ruled as regent in the late fourteenth century. The jubilee came at an awkward moment: palace announcements the following September confirmed her abdication plans, making this commemorative an inadvertent near-farewell issue.
Issued to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Margrethe II's accession on January 14, 1972 — the day she became Denmark's first queen regnant since Margrethe I ruled as regent in the late fourteenth century. The jubilee came at an awkward moment: palace announcements the following September confirmed her abdication plans, making this commemorative an inadvertent near-farewell issue.