The last gold kroner of the classical standard — Christian X’s 20 kroner, struck as WWI was suspending gold coinage across Europe. Nearly two million of the 1915–1916 strikings were never released and sat in Nationalbank vaults, which is why so many surviving examples are in brilliant uncirculated condition. The coin of the king who rode alone through occupied Copenhagen every morning of WWII.
Key facts
- Gold, .900 fine; weight 8.9606 g; diameter 23 mm; AGW 0.25928 oz (Tavex/vCoins data); KM817.1.
- Struck 1913–1931 at the Copenhagen Mint; 3.7 million 20-kroner pieces were produced 1913–1917, and 1.93 million strikings dated 1926, 1927, 1930 and 1931 were never released to the public after Denmark suspended gold convertibility in 1914 (Numista N#25627).
- Obverse: portrait of Christian X with “CHRISTIAN X KONGE AF DANMARK”; reverse: the crowned great arms of Denmark (reused from the Frederik VIII type). The heart below the portrait is the Royal Danish Mint mark.
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