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25 Øre - Frederik VIII
| Issuer | Royal Danish Mint |
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| Year | 1907-1911 |
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| Engraver(s) | Gunnar Jensen |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed effigy of King Frederik VIII facing left, rendered in high relief with finely detailed hair and a trimmed beard. The engraver's initials 'GJ' appear below the truncation of the neck. A circular legend surrounds the portrait along the rim, reading 'FREDERIK VIII DANMARKS KONGE', separated by small ornamental stops. The field is smooth and unadorned, drawing full attention to the royal portrait executed in a refined late 19th-century Danish academic style. |
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| Obverse lettering | .FREDERIK VIII .DANMARKS KONGE. GJ |
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Frederik VIII acceded in 1906 after waiting nearly four decades as crown prince — the longest such wait in Danish history — and his coinage series was cut short when he died unexpectedly in Hamburg in 1912, having reigned just six years. The 25 øre in .600 fine silver reflects a deliberate post-1874 Danish monetary policy of issuing subsidiary coinage in debased silver rather than the fine standard, keeping bullion costs manageable while maintaining a silver appearance for public confidence in the Scandinavian Monetary Union.
The Hamburg death itself was diplomatically awkward: Frederik collapsed in a hotel under an assumed name.