Denmark 2 kroner Silver Wedding - Christian X 1923

Denmark · 1923 · 2 kroner

Commemorative coinRareVF · Very fine

€19.00estimate in VF

203,357coins minted

€17.82silver value · 12 g fine at today’s price

N14543 KM821

RZReference number RZRZ-RVFJ1

Commemorative coin

Silver wedding of Christian X and Alexandrine (1898-1923).

The coin's story

This silver 2 kroner coin celebrates the silver wedding of King Christian X and Queen Alexandrine, married in Cannes on 26 April 1898. Daughter of Grand Duke Frederick Francis III of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia, Alexandrine had met the future king in Cannes, where her family often stayed for her father's health. The engagement was celebrated in Schwerin on 24 March 1897. Christian X came to the throne in 1912, their son Frederik succeeded him in 1947 as Frederik IX. The coin is classed among circulating commemoratives, and the Royal Mint in Copenhagen struck 203,357 pieces. Both sides are the work of Knud Gunnar Jensen, chief medallist of the Mint from 1901 to 1933, who designed most of the new Danish coins of his time. The initials HCN are those of the mintmaster Hans Christian Nielsen.

ObverseThe Royal Couple

KONG CHRISTIAN X DRONNING ALEXANDRINEGJ

Design: The conjoined busts of King Christian X and Queen Alexandrine facing right, within a circle.
Legend: KONG CHRISTIAN X DRONNING ALEXANDRINE (King Christian X, Queen Alexandrine).
Signature: GJ, initials of the medallist Knud Gunnar Jensen.

KJEngraved by Knud Gunnar Jensen

ReverseThe Crowned Arms

26 APRIL 1898 - 19231923 2 KRONER HCN ♥

Design: The crowned arms of Denmark, surrounded by flowers.
Legend: 26 APRIL 1898 - 1923 (26 April 1898, the wedding date, and 1923, the jubilee year).
Denomination: 1923 2 KRONER.
Marks: HCN, initials of the mintmaster Hans Christian Nielsen, and the heart of the Copenhagen Mint.

KJEngraved by Knud Gunnar Jensen