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20 Kroner - Margrethe II 70th Birthday
| Issuer | Royal Danish Mint |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Lis Nogel Reverse: Ronny Andersen |
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| Obverse description | Crowned effigy of Queen Margrethe II facing right, wearing a jewelled crown, rendered in a new portrait style engraved by Lis Nogel. The legend 'MARGRETHE II' arcs along the upper left field, separated by a small heart device from 'DANMARKS DRONNING' continuing along the right and lower rim. The portrait occupies the majority of the coin's field, with the truncation of the neck reaching near the lower rim. |
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| Reverse description | The crowned Royal Arms of Denmark displayed at centre, depicting the quartered shield with three crowned lions passant and nine hearts in the upper quarters, a lion with an axe for the Faroe Islands and a ram for Greenland in the lower quarters, all surmounted by a royal crown. The shield is surrounded by a decorative wreath of marguerite flowers, referencing the Queen's birth name. The dates '1940' and '2010' flank the central device in the upper field, denoting the Queen's birth year and the commemorative year, while the denomination '20 KRONER' appears in the lower field. |
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Denmark has issued commemorative circulation coins for royal birthdays since the reign of Frederik IX, and Margrethe II's 70th in 2010 continued that tradition. Unlike many European commemoratives of the period that retreated to collector-only packaging, this piece entered general circulation — meaning worn examples are genuinely common while uncirculated survivors are proportionally rarer than mintage figures alone suggest.