5 Øre - Margrethe II

Denmark's small copper-clad iron øre denominations were already economically marginal by the time this series launched — the purchasing power of five øre had collapsed to near nothing, and the coins existed largely to satisfy the mathematics of pricing rather than any practical commercial need. The transition to steel-core planchets in the early 1970s was a cost-cutting measure adopted across Scandinavian mints as copper prices spiked following post-Bretton Woods commodity volatility.

The five-øre denomination was abolished in 1989, the year after this series ended.