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20 Kroner - Margrethe II Kong Frederik IX Ferry
| Issuer | Royal Danish Mint (Den Kongelige Mønt) |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Engraver(s) | Obverse: Lis Nogel Reverse: Elisabeth Toubro |
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| Reverse description | Central depiction of the Danish state ferry 'Kong Frederik IX' sailing on stylised waves, rendered in fine detail with masts, superstructure, and a flag at the stern visible; a seabird appears in the upper left field. The curved legend 'KONG FREDERIK IX' arcs across the upper portion of the field, while the denomination '20 KRONER' is inscribed in bold lettering along the lower periphery above the waves. |
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| Mint | Royal Danish Mint (Den Kongelige Mønt), Copenhagen, Denmark (1739-date) |
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Issued to mark the inauguration of the Kong Frederik IX ferry operated by Scandlines, this piece belongs to a broader Danish commemorative circulation series that has documented infrastructure and transport milestones since the 1990s. The vessel herself was named after Frederik IX, who died in 1972 and was Margrethe II's father — a detail that gives the coin an unusually personal dimension for a transport commemorative.
The Scandlines route across the Øresund predates the fixed link by decades; the bridge and tunnel opened in 2000 effectively ended the need for that crossing, pushing the ferry company toward other Danish straits.