Denmark 5 kroner 1960 - Silver wedding of Frederik IX

Denmark · 1960 · 5 kroner

Commemorative coinRare

€14.60estimate

409,838coins minted

€20.19silver value · 13.6 g fine at today’s price

N14547 KM852

RZReference number RZRZ-1RVCU

Commemorative coin

Silver wedding of Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid (1960)

The coin's story

This silver 5 kroner coin celebrates the silver wedding of King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid, married on 24 May 1935 in Stockholm Cathedral (Storkyrkan) by the Archbishop of Uppsala, Erling Eidem. Frederik, then Crown Prince of Denmark, married Ingrid, granddaughter of King Gustaf V of Sweden, he came to the throne in 1947. Issued by the National Bank of Denmark, the coin was not intended for circulation: it was sold to the public for 10 kroner, twice its face value. It was struck by the Royal Mint in Copenhagen and bears the initial C of the mintmaster Alfred Kristian Frederik Christiansen. Both sides are the work of Harald Salomon, chief medallist of the Mint from 1933 to 1968, who designed all the Danish coins of the reign of Frederik IX. Silver and gold medals were struck on the same theme.

ObverseThe Royal Couple

KONG FREDERIK IX DRONNING INGRID AF DANMARK

Design: The conjoined busts of King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid facing right, within a circle.
Legend: KONG FREDERIK IX DRONNING INGRID AF DANMARK (King Frederik IX, Queen Ingrid of Denmark).

HSEngraved by Harald Salomon

ReverseThe Royal Monogram

1935 24 MAI 1960F IC ♥ S5 KRONER

Design: The crowned mirrored monogram F I of Frederik and Ingrid, between two ears of grain.
Legend: 1935 24 MAI 1960 (24 May 1935, the wedding date, and 1960, the jubilee year).
Denomination: 5 KRONER.
Marks: C ♥ S, initial of the mintmaster Alfred Christiansen, heart of the Copenhagen Mint and initial of Harald Salomon.

HSEngraved by Harald Salomon