Question for People living in Denmark ? Any chance of using older kroner coins in shops?

Hi all

So, I have a fair amount of older kroner coins from 70/80's I think, 1.8 kilos I'd say,  that I purchased once in a garage sale in Finland.

I'm going to Denmark next month. How likely they will accepted in shops? ( Keeping in mind that I would do it from a quiet shop at quiet hours not to cause a Hundred meter queue in a busy supermarket :) ) 

Is it worth changing them at the Bank of Denmark,is it hard to get a meeting, is there any silly fees etc… ?

Thank you anyone for answer on that Very important and most silly question ;) 

Regards

Stirner667

stirner667

Hi all

 

So, I have a fair amount of older kroner coins from 70/80's I think, 1.8 kilos I'd say,  that I purchased once in a garage sale in Finland.

 

I'm going to Denmark next month. How likely they will accepted in shops? ( Keeping in mind that I would do it from a quiet shop at quiet hours not to cause a Hundred meter queue in a busy supermarket :) ) 

 

Is it worth changing them at the Bank of Denmark,is it hard to get a meeting, is there any silly fees etc… ?

 

Thank you anyone for answer on that Very important and most silly question ;) 

You should expect that no young person would recognize a Danish kroner coin from the 70/80's. 

According to the law Danish coins from the 70/80's are still legal tender, but you need to make a deal with the vendor in advance, like you ask a senior staff if they would agree to take the coins. The coins will give them additional hassle as they most likely won't dump them on their customers as change.

To find a bank office that handles cash would be even more difficult, since very few of them are not cashless. If you find one, they'll take a fee for you to use their change counting machine - at least DKK 50.

I would try to find one of the larger supermarkets that most likely has some cash flow - like BILKA or FØTEX.

Hi Hapertas, thank you for input.

So, my best shot is either to drop the idea or to get to change them at the National Bank , if I manage to get a meeting there?

Thanks 

Hey

Try have a read here:

https://www.nationalbanken.dk/en/about_danmarks_nationalbank/frequently_asked_questions/Pages/Exchange-of-withdrawn-banknotes-and-coins.aspx

In in my experince reading about people asking similar questions, you probably can't use them, although still technicly legal tender, it's highly unlikely any grocery store will take them… Maybe a coin store for face value?

   Warning, slight chance of if you do it in a grocery store, they may call the boss or security, thinking the coins are fake at first. 

We got a new overall design to our money (coins especialy) in 1989, so coins from before that aren't used anymore.

If you go to Copenhagen you can probably sent them an e-mail, if you go somewhere else, check and see if they have a bank there and sent them an e-mail.

But note: I'm not expreinced in this, I'm basing my answear on what I have heard and read in other places.

Good luck!

- Jamtrup

"Warning, slight chance of if you do it in a grocery store, they may call the boss or security, thinking the coins are fake at first."

That'd spice up my holidays for sure 😜

Thank you for input as well, I think I'll send an email to the National Bank of Denmark and hope that I'll get an answer, if that fails, contacting a LCS  in Köpis ( as we say in Finland :) ) sounds good too, I wanted to visit a few anyway..

Jamtrup

   Warning, slight chance of if you do it in a grocery store, they may call the boss or security, thinking the coins are fake at first. 

That is why “senior staff” (boss, manager etc.) is needed for this kind of transactions. Never ask someone on the floor.

stirner667

"Warning, slight chance of if you do it in a grocery store, they may call the boss or security, thinking the coins are fake at first."

 

That'd spice up my holidays for sure 😜

 

Thank you for input as well, I think I'll send an email to the National Bank of Denmark and hope that I'll get an answer, if that fails, contacting a LCS  in Köpis ( as we say in Finland :) ) sounds good too, I wanted to visit a few anyway..

It has happened before, an older man tried paying with the old 50 kroner note and the boss got inovlved, as Hapertas says too 😅

Hope your holiday doesn't get too spicy, haha.

But what's whit LCs in Köpis? 🤓

It has happened before, an older man tried paying with the old 50 kroner note and the boss got inovlved, as Hapertas says too 😅

-} Always nice to see that this sort of quaint and absurd incidents can happen elsewhere than in Finland.I love Norden for that, the news articles are often rather refreshing.

 

Hope your holiday doesn't get too spicy, haha.

 

But what's whit LCs in Köpis? 🤓

--} You tell me :) Can you recommend any of them, in Copenhagen or elsewhere too, I'm with a train pass.

Same goes for some coin meetings or events worth mentioning in first half of April,  I'd be very grateful for any tips. 

stirner667

 

It has happened before, an older man tried paying with the old 50 kroner note and the boss got inovlved, as Hapertas says too 😅

-} Always nice to see that this sort of quaint and absurd incidents can happen elsewhere than in Finland.I love Norden for that, the news articles are often rather refreshing.

 

Hope your holiday doesn't get too spicy, haha.

 

But what's whit LCs in Köpis? 🤓

--} You tell me :) Can you recommend any of them, in Copenhagen or elsewhere too, I'm with a train pass.

 

Same goes for some coin meetings or events worth mentioning in first half of April,  I'd be very grateful for any tips. 

Wait, what happened in Finland? Similar?😮

I can probably recomend something, but what's LCS Köpis? 😅

But in regards to some places and events of numismatic value: Check the outings here on Numista first of course.

   Then numismatic fairs. Here for instance are two in the beginning of April: https://www.moentforum.net/kalender.html

It's in Danish though, but I think Google Translate can do the job

Beside that, I don't have many ideas… Join a coin club for an evening?

Møntklubber i Danmark:

https://www.moentsamler.net/links.html

Down the list above, there are shops (scroll to “Mønthandlere i Danmark”)

Hi again Jamtrup 

Thanks a lot for all the good links and ideas, very appreciated.

About LCS and Köpis, sorry I thought you were familiar with the term, so LCS stands for Local Coin Store, I guess it's a term originally from the US but it's just mean coin shop. I guess there is more of them over there, so many people have their local coin store, a bit like Danes have their local pubs. ;) 

And as to “Köpis” , it's just a rather cute way to call Copenhagen in everyday speech, I guess the Finnish version Kööpenhamina being quite long, Köpis is a welcome addition.

Not exactly anything similar happened in Finland but these little incidents feel quite “made In Norden” to me ( I'm french originally) , in Finland the typical trouble is that you might not be able to buy a bottle of wine if you don't have your ID on you and LOOK LIKE you are less than 30 years old. For example.

I bought cigarettes at the local bar in my village in France when I was 11 so that all feels quite quaint, but cute, in a way.