Denmark 10 kroner 1968 - Wedding of Princess Benedikte

The coin's story

This silver 10 kroner coin was issued for the wedding of Princess Benedikte, second daughter of King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid, to Prince Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg. The ceremony took place on 3 February 1968 in the chapel of Fredensborg Palace, the evening before, a gala performance was given at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen. The couple, who had met in 1966 at the wedding of Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, then settled at Berleburg Castle in Germany. Issued by the National Bank of Denmark, the coin was not intended for circulation. The Royal Mint in Copenhagen struck 296,760 pieces, of which 42,923 were later melted down. Both portraits are the work of Harald Salomon, chief medallist of the Mint from 1933 to 1968, the initial C is that of the mintmaster Alfred Kristian Frederik Christiansen.