New Danish monarch in the new year

The Danish Queen Margrethe just announced her abdication in her new years speech. So on January 14th, Denmark will have a new king in Frederik.

I related this news to my wife as I was reading your post, but intentionally left out the word “Denmark”… 

So for a moment she thought that Camilla had somewhat abdicated…

EDIT — I see she ascended to the throne on January 14, 1972, so her reign will have been of exactly 52 years in length.

EDIT 2 — And from the numismatic point of view:

1. Will the monogram F^x replace M" already in 2024?
2. Will these 10 Kroner and 20 Kroner turn out to be one-year types?

Read news about the succession here. And remember it's news for ALL of us 

https://www.kongehuset.dk/en/news/succession-of-the-throne

Camerinvs

I related this news to my wife as I was reading your post, but intentionally left out the word “Denmark”… 

 

So for a moment she thought that Camilla had somewhat abdicated…

 

EDIT — I see she ascended to the throne on January 14, 1972, so her reign will have been of exactly 52 years in length.

 

EDIT 2 — And from the numismatic point of view:

1. Will the monogram F^x replace M" already in 2024?
2. Will these 10 Kroner and 20 Kroner turn out to be one-year types?

 

I think, based on my limited knowledg:

1: There already exist a FX monogram which will slowly be introduced in the comming year. 

2: I think they may last 2024 and be a 2 year type. We often only get the new monarch on coins thw year after their accencion. 

Keep in mind though, Denmark is more and more a cashless society. We have barely seen the 2023 coins in circulation. I discussed shortly with my dad about if Frederik even will get coins released. 

Happy new year, from a devestated Dane… 😭

You got me thinking that we have a way to know past practice, and it's to look at the years 1972 and 1973.

In 1972, all circulating coins were issued for Frederick IX. The one non-circulating coin was to commemorate the late King.

Then in 1973, all circulating coins were issued for Margrethe.

EDIT — Oh, and Happy New Year to you as well — Godt nytår !!

Jamtrup We have barely seen the 2023 coins in circulation. 

 

The 2023-dated 10 kr and 20 kr have actually been found in circulation? Wow. 

Great news, Elizabeth could have learned from Margarethe and the Low countries. For that matter Charley should stand down at 80. Todays society is a youthquake, we don't need 80 and 90 year old people as rulers, people from the eras of racism and pre wokeness.

The whole concept of monarchy really is outdated in my opinion. However King Frederick is already 56 years old and probably got 25 years tops at the top. His son Prince Christian is in his teens already.

The whole Christian/Frederik thing goes back over 500 years. Since Christian 1 in the 1440s, every king was Frederick/Christian/Frederick etc and so on. However there were some kinks that kept the Frederick count 1.5 behind the Christian. The first Christian was succeeded by Hans (John) and when he died in 1513, Christian II who ruled from 1513 to 1523, and he was unpopular, called the butcher of Stockholm and that led to Sweden leaving the Kalmar Union and the rise of Gustavvus Vasa and a Swedish Kingdom that has lasted.

In 1523 Christian II gave way to Frederick I and then it was C3 and F2 so we were always one Frederick behind the Christian. Margarethe II (The first one ruled back in the late 1300s) was inserted after Frederik 9 and an act of parliament had to be passed to let her succeed back in 1953. It did break up a 460 continuous chain of Frederiks and Christians. With the new King F 10, he will no doubt be succeeded by Christian 11.

For that matter, both the kings of Norway and Sweden are both getting into the too old basket, creaking into their 9th decade of life.

Question for the Austrelians:

Does the Australians think Australia will commemorate the succescion? Just thinking of the to be Queen, Mary, being a child of Tasmania, Austrlia? I kind of hope there will be a coin abroad 😁

About the current coins:

The 10 and 20 krone can only be found in circulation. You can't buy it anywhere, unless a coindealer get their hand on them. 

I saw an auction on Facebook for the 10 Krone, 2023, with a current bid of 55 DKK.

Facts about the Danish Monarcy:

Prince Christian is 18, but will probably not be a working royal before he turns 21, depending on the workload and needs.

Both the Queen, the Crownprince Couple and Prince Christian has a popularity our politicians (and most politicians) will give their right arm for. 74-85% of the Danish population support the Monarcy. Most of the rest are only undecided and not even 10% want to get rid of the Monarchy.

Now we will get the same crisis/discussion as in the Commonwealth, with the Faroese Islands and Greenland. King Frederik X will need to strengthen the connection as soon as possible, to keep the Danish Realm together.

It's almost 1000 years ago a Danish Monarch has abdicated voluntarily, Erik III “the Lamb”, in 1146. There is no tradition for abdication in Denmark.

My toughts:

I like the (modern) monarchy, because in contrast to politics, they have to gather the nation together, not devide, since they have another interest in preserve the nation and the popularity of the institution.

Most Danes are in chok, young as old (imagin even teen parties still starting with the Queens new years adress at 18. Not only the old people's). People following the speach yelled “NOOO!” Some people playing drinking games had to “drink everything within 20 meters”. I got tears in my eyes. Barely any Danes remeber what she talked about beside the abdication…

The speach was so secret, even the national broadcasters didn't get the script, when the speach begun (as useal). They had to hear it together with all us other people.

The good news about an abdication, in contrast to dead, is it will be a day of party, not sorrow… And she gav the 2 weeks notice for resignation, as some jobs requires 😂

Hope you all got into the new year with all your fingers and eyes and not too strong headache if you drink ;)

Yes, will be interesting how the coins with her son will look like.

TRC

Jamtrup

I like the (modern) monarchy, because in contrast to politics, they have to gather the nation together, not divide, since they have another interest in preserve the nation and the popularity of the institution.

That's a good point, though it can be accomplished as well with a system where a President is appointed, not elected as the leader of one or the other political party. The constitutional guidelines must be detailed enough for the system not to derail into a democracy for the wealthy.

In Canada, the Governor General is appointed and, of course, not any longer sent from the British Isles… That somewhat helps in maintaining the Monarchy, though it is obviously far from being as popular here as in Denmark.

As for abdication, that's also an interesting fact, that it's almost unprecedented in Denmark. It's quite the norm in the Dutch monarchical succession, but this is a comparatively new monarchy. In France, it was not possible for the King to abdicate since ruling the nation was a duty. When Charles X abdicated in 1830, it was actually unconstitutional (if that's the right term) for him to do so.

Since the secret of the Queen's abdication was kept so well, I suppose the Kgl. Mønts / Royal Danish Mint was just as surprised as the rest of the world and will have to rethink some of their plans for the future.

As a Dane no longer living in the Queendom, I of course also love our Queen! I even ran into her in my youth before leaving Denmark.  This I found on wikipedia, so I suppose the new coins will kind of show something similar:

I have to say too, I have always liked your Queen Danes!  More than our one, mainly as she is educated and much beloved by her people. Also you don't see all the stiff formality and nonsense surrounding your royal family like our Windsors.

Then again I have never poked my head into a Danish tabloid. Do they have them and are they full of Royal family gossip and do you have any characters like Prince Andrew or Meghan in the family. I know one of the Princes married a Hong Kong Eurasian woman and divorced her (So my guess is English is spoken a lot in the family as opposed to Danish).

When I lived in DK 50 years ago, they had plenty of stuff about the royals and other blue-blooded families. I suppose it hasn't changed since then. Jamtrup will be able to tell.

I will be able to? Oh, pressure 😂

But our Queen and the royal family has a bit of duality. On one hand you can see the Queen go out of the nearest kiosk/minimart thing, in a simple summerdress with an apple juice, eating a hotdog and a lit cigerat in her hand (quite a liked picture, especilly around her birtday. She has stopped smoking in February 2023 though) And then a couple of days later see her in big dresses, speaking very formal Danish and with the crown jewels, to a big formal event with other heads of states and royalty!

The discussion all the time: Is the monarcy too much like the people? If the glitter, magic and mystic of royalty dissapear, and we see them too much like normal people, what do we need them for then? I mean they are “only” famous for being children of famous people who was children of good diplomats and/or conquers, but exploide this fame for something good.

We still talk formaly to the Royals, with the formal you (De/Dem), and unless you have known the Queen for years, in privat, as a privat person, she'll for sure correct you! It's considered unproffesional of journalists to mix up the pronominens. We also have an unwritten rule of always let the royals eat in peace.

The Crown Prince has been seen bike around with his kids on a Christiania bike to school and kindergarden and run in different marathons (even started his own; Royal Run, when he turned 50). He has taken an education and served in the military on the same premisses as everyone else, like his granfather, Fredrik IX. He is even less stiff than his mother . He has been to concerts, been radio DJ, play sports and on long expeditions with Sirius, in Greenland, without spec ial treatment.

About having a prince Andrew or Meghan:

We have magazins like “Se & Hør” and “Billedbladet” The big gossip stories and sometimes blowing stories out of proportions. But I think most Danes don't care, especily when they blow a story out of proportions “It doesn't matter Princess Isabella drink alcohol to a privat party and was recorded dance around. She is a kid! Let her be!”

We don't have a prince Andrew. Of course we have had stories. It is only months ago the Crownprince was seen with another lady in Spain. I think it could just be an old friend, but I haven't read the stories.

So no, nothing as bad as with Andrew.

About a Meghan, I'll say most Danes probably won't think too much about it… Maybe the most concervativ/racist royalists? But we don't care so much about “race” as the Amaricans and Brits do. In fact my granma asked me, if I knew why Meghan was so controversial, since in her eyes Meghan was white. Not because she cared about race, but the fuzz about her being black, when she looked white, my granma didn't get. She looked white, noting about cultural haritage as in for instance the US. Think being great, great, great grankids of ONE Irish immigrant and still claim to the Irish.

Closest thing we have to a Meghan is probably the Queen's late husband, Prince Henrik, who was a former French diplomat. He was criticised for not speaking flawless Danish, but he spoke Mandarin(or Cantonese?), Vietnamese, French and English. Crownprincess Mary didn't get the criticisme, only praises for speaking with a (very slight) English accant.

In regards to languages: I'll actually suppose the family speakes mostly Danish, and if another language it would probably be French between Queen and kids, since that's the dominant second language, due to Prince Henrik. And English between to-be-king and kids.

But us Danes (or at least the older generation) are very proud of our language. They have to speak Danish, it is the working language of Denmark, goverment and most of their protections, and maybe a bit Faroese and Greenlandic just to strenghten the bond to those speakers. English too of course, and some French, since French and German are the common 2nd foreign languages.

Countess Alexandra, from Hong Kong, was mostly controversial because of the divorce to Prince Joachim (little brother of the Crown Prince), not because of her haritage. She came from nowhere, spotless in her background, and I think even already spoke a bit of Danish.

If the Crownprince hadn't found a wife, she and her kids would be the next in line, and no controverses about that. That is the reason why Joachim's kids was called princess/princesses, due to lack of kids from Frederik at the time. It was a way of securing the succesion, in "worse case".

Also keep in mind the Lichtenstein Princely family already have  a black woman, with Angela, who married Prince Maximillian of Lictenstein. Also second child of the reigning monark. As far as I'm aware (which is very little), there was no big problems or controversy in Lichtenstein, and Angela is very much of African decent in appearnce too. It is only the UK who went crazy about the second child of the ruler marrying a person of colour.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Angela_of_Liechtenstein

Note: Much of this information is also based on my experince and what I have been told, it's hard to find inforamtion on, if anything was a controversy. And I was a child or not born, when most of this happened.

That was a great answer, thanks. It sounds like I was right, your Queen is cool, no way her high and mightiness QE2 would ever go down to a shop to get some crisps and ciggies. It sounds like she is very adaptable too, one minute being a normal woman - next she is the Queen and you better not forget it!

The bit about Princess Angela in Liechtenstein is beautiful and shows how much more evolved European monarchies are than the stuffy old Britts stuck in the 1920s. The fact remains Meghan is an awful entitled person, but a lot of hate is thrown at her, because she is mixed race, American and Divorced like Wallis Simpson was. It shows how small minded British Royals are and now you and many others may understand why commonwealth people like myself, want to ideally have the royalty abolished or for our countries to declare themselves republics and dump outdated foreigners as our heads of state. Yes we are a British heritage, but British immigration en masse stopped really around 1970 and in a massive way back in 1914. All our immigrants now are Chinese, Indian or Pacific Islanders.

Little “update” on Moneytane's question about controversies in the Danish branch of the Glücksburg family:

Here on the third day since the news broke, both Danish and international medias have this idea (conspiracy theory?) that the Queen abdicate, in order to shift focus from Frederik's affairs in Spain. Like a rally around the flag effect: Even if he have an affair, it will not be the focus and who dare to critice the monarcy, when the old and highly respected Queen steps down? 

Also, almost all parties in our parlaiment are in favour of the monarcy, even if they in princip, due to ideaology, is against it. Our most leftist party “Enhedslisten” don't want to stand for the monarch when parliament opens, but they also know there aren't enough popular support for a sit-down protest, so they sneak in after the that little ceremony. 

It is just the most stable way for Denmark, instead of eg. a president, who have to be neutral, but never brought up in that enviroment and have a background behind them, with maybe a few or a lot of skeletons in the closet. It's not perfect, but it's the most stable we have. As with Queen Elizabeth II, it is stability and something consistent, when everything around us change. I think that's why I and a lot of Danes got moved: End of an era, end of 52 years of stability… Another change in a world which is changing too much at the moment… I don't like all the changes at the moment at least 😅

It's also funny, how our republican movement (Republik Nu) has been so silent recently. Although wispers about “Ikke min konge” (not my king) demonstrations, inspired by those around King Charles III investiture/proclamation and crowning is being planned.

And just for fun:

The former ceremony master (no idea about what that is in English?!) has also told this cute little story about a very stuborn republican (politician I think?), who were to dinner or something at the royal palace with the Queen. After the dinner, this republican talked with the ceremony master and was asked if he had changed his mind about the monarchy; no, he hadn't, not at all… But if we should become a republic and have a president, the Queen should be the first one.

Think that tells something about her charisma and her power with words? 😁

Her reign might actually be the longest since Christian IV who ruled from April 1588 (4 days before his 11 th birthday) to Feb 1648 (Nearly 60 years). I am not sure what day in 1972 she became Queen. My stamp collection had a hiatus in Portraits of her until 1974 (Royal Portraits are used for Postal rates whilst lower values have hearts and waves and the coats of arms for the high values like 50 Kroner. 1972 saw the standard postage rates of 70 ore to 110 ore as lower value designs, whilst the first Margerethe portraits came out in 1974.

Before her most Danish monarchs had solid reigns of about 20 - 30 years on average.

Christian IX (1818 - 1906, reigned 1863 - 1906) made it to 42 and a half years which was amazing given he was already 45 years old when he became king. Here are my 2 kroners from 1888 and 1903 celebrating his 25th and 40th anniversaries (You can see they are doing a good job concealing his 85 year oldness in that coin (Notice sunken jaw and crows neck).

However when he died, his son Frederik only got 6 years on the throne, dying in his 70s. Frederik was in his 60s when he became king. The current King to be is 55. However C9 had fathered a Queen of England, a Tsarina of Russia and one his sons started the cadet branch of Glucksburg in Greece! Also another cousin/relative started the Norwegian monarchy again. He was the Victoria of Northern and Eastern Europe!

Christian X, his grandson also inherited the throne late at the age of 42 and lasted 37 years. However with the Depression and WW2, he only got one commem coin in 1937 for the 25th aniiversary. Coin at left is a 1915 2 Kroner, early in his reign.

Frederik IX also was close to 50 when he became king and his reign only last 23/24 years, he died quite early in his early 70s.

Just home from Copenhagen and what a day! 4 hours wait at Christiansborg Palace, in around 0 degrees, for 15 minuts of history! It was almost impossible to get in and out, due to all the people surrounding the palace. Our train, the ships and planes around Denmark and hotels in the capital was fully booked! This was most cartainly a historic and happy event, which I was happy to witness. Long live the King! 😁👑

From my forum post request about ruling authority of Denmark changing:

Today, at 14 o'clock Danish time, HM. the Queen abdicated in favour of her son, now King Frederik X.

The Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen proclaimed so, at 15 today.

With the motto “Bound together, obliged, for the Kingdom of Denmark” (In Danish: Forbundne, forpligtet, for kongeriget Danmark) he hope to be the unifiying monarch of tomorrow.

It's with both sorrow and a joy, to request the end of the rule of Magrethe II, in the Danish and Faroese catalog and be ready with Frederik X, with a starting date of 2024.

The National Bank of Denmark has said they are ready to issue new coins, as soon as the King approve of them (and they are needed).

From the balcony scene:

His monogram/Royal cipher:

https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/her-er-det-nye-monogram-der-nu-skal-udbredes-i-hele-kongeriget

https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margrethe_2.

https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik_10.

The formal abdication here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6QfdjctlmM

Watch it here (without English Subtitels, but Englsih commentary in the end):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yOK3X231HE

First speaker is Prime minister Mette Frederiksen, then the King and the family joins him shortly.

The new royal couple:

It's a really clever move by Queen Margrethe to abdicate. She has been monarch for so long that she knows all the ropes of clever leadership. She is only to be admired. Now, her son King Frederik is in from the ashes to the fire. Even though he is older than 50 years of age, he still has some quircks that needs mending. The kiss on the balcony also quite clearly shows who gets the bright ideas in that marriage.

Prince Henrik, royal consort to Queen Margrethe, was mentioned in this thread. As was mentioned, the Danish public did not approve of his French manners and disregard for the Danish language, but he was quite down to earth in real life. He was one of few Danish royals who visited the less fortunate Danes and at least once he was seen visiting Freetown Christiania in Copenhagen.

King Frederik has ruled for only two days now and has already ruffled some feathers, even though Danes do not react with more than a stray comment. Danish monarchs has a more than 600 years old tradition of having a royal motto, a motto they declare when their rule begin. King Frederik is the first monarch in the last 150 years to leave out God from his royal motto. Has left some people worried, especially the royalist core.

If it helps, he will be the first ruler since Sweyn Forkbeard (d. 1013) to not mention God, well Sweyn did, but it was Thor and Odin, later in his reign he became Christian and the wave of xty waved through Scandinavia then.

There was also some ripples in the 16th century, Frederick I and Christian III remained Catholic, but both allowed and promoted the Lutheran religion in the kingdom. Frederick II (Crowned 1559) was the first king to be crowned the Lutheran way.

Jamtrup

Camerinvs

I related this news to my wife as I was reading your post, but intentionally left out the word “Denmark”… 

 

So for a moment she thought that Camilla had somewhat abdicated…

 

EDIT — I see she ascended to the throne on January 14, 1972, so her reign will have been of exactly 52 years in length.

 

EDIT 2 — And from the numismatic point of view:

1. Will the monogram F^x replace M" already in 2024?
2. Will these 10 Kroner and 20 Kroner turn out to be one-year types?

 

I think, based on my limited knowledg:

1: There already exist a FX monogram which will slowly be introduced in the comming year. 

 

2: I think they may last 2024 and be a 2 year type. We often only get the new monarch on coins thw year after their accencion. 

 

Keep in mind though, Denmark is more and more a cashless society. We have barely seen the 2023 coins in circulation. I discussed shortly with my dad about if Frederik even will get coins released. 

 

Happy new year, from a devestated Dane… 😭

Speaking of cashless society, I checked the Royal Danish Mint website a few days ago and there have a notice posted, 

"THE ROYAL DANISH MINT IS CLOSED FOR SALE
Danmarks Nationalbank closed the sale of coins and banknotes on 1 December 2023 at 12:00 noon due to falling sales figures and rising costs."

Yes, the Danish Mint have stopped the sale of coins for collectors, but on the same page they also point out that 

DANMARKS NATIONALBANK’S TASK OF ISSUING COINS AND BANKNOTES FOR GENERAL CIRCULATION IN SOCIETY REMAINS UNCHANGED. IT IS STILL ONE OF DANMARKS NATIONALBANK’S CORE TASKS TO ENSURE SECURE AND EFFICIENT MEANS OF PAYMENT, INCLUDING CASH.

The all-caps, centered, uncorrected text is not something anyone should do to make your information reader-friendly…

It's unfortunate they didn't know about the recent abdication, because this would have been an occasion when the public might want special sets of old/new coins. They could have made some profit from this and then close in February or March…

On day three of his tenure King Frederik takes everybody by surprise and issues a book about his view on being a king … well, a sort of manifest. Even though Queen Margrethe proclaimed her abdication December 31 - a mere 17 days ago, it does take a lot longer to write, produce and distribute a book. Perhaps better writing a book if one wants to avoid awkward moments, and King Frederik is not known for being sharp when improvising an answer. On the other hand, a manifest makes it much harder to deviate - if suddenly needed.

Still no news about the new coin designs featuring the king, but just noticed that the updated versions of the 100 & 200kr. banknotes has been released recently. I quite like the new placement of the signatures:)   



For comparison with the “old” designs, here is a link with them side by side: 
https://www.nationalbanken.dk/da/vores-arbejde/sedler-og-moenter/danske-sedler-og-moenter-i-dag 

Snewski

Still no news about the new coin designs featuring the king, but just noticed that the updated versions of the 100 & 200kr. banknotes has been released recently. I quite like the new placement of the signatures:)   



For comparison with the “old” designs, here is a link with them side by side: 
https://www.nationalbanken.dk/da/vores-arbejde/sedler-og-moenter/danske-sedler-og-moenter-i-dag 

What?! So they just upgrade the notes like they did with the 500, back in 2019? I was so much looking forward to new designs… But makes sense though…

And I don't expect to see new circulating coins before 2025, since that's the historic tendency. But I am pretty sure we can expect to see a commemorative coin within the year, which may give an idea of how the King wants to be potraited and the potraites he says yes to for the standard circulating coins. 

Some also speak about there may come a delayed Crown Prince' 18th year old birthday coin, since Christian is now the crown prince, and still 18

Jamtrup

But I am pretty sure we can expect to see a commemorative coin within the year, which may give an idea of how the King wants to be potraited and the potraites he says yes to for the standard circulating coins. 

I wonder if  Nationalbanken will re-open the munt shop even for a few days or weeks only. Otherwise, it will get extremely difficult to get it.

redlock

Jamtrup

But I am pretty sure we can expect to see a commemorative coin within the year, which may give an idea of how the King wants to be potraited and the potraites he says yes to for the standard circulating coins. 

I wonder if  Nationalbanken will re-open the munt shop even for a few days or weeks only. Otherwise, it will get extremely difficult to get it.

What I was told by my local coinshop was the Royal Danish Mint probably will sell/offer to sell them to the coindealers and then they will be distributed from there. Meaning the local dealers/stores will get the non-cirkulating coins first from now on

Jamtrup

Snewski

Still no news about the new coin designs featuring the king, but just noticed that the updated versions of the 100 & 200kr. banknotes has been released recently. I quite like the new placement of the signatures:)   



For comparison with the “old” designs, here is a link with them side by side: 
https://www.nationalbanken.dk/da/vores-arbejde/sedler-og-moenter/danske-sedler-og-moenter-i-dag 

What?! So they just upgrade the notes like they did with the 500, back in 2019? I was so much looking forward to new designs… But makes sense though…

 

And I don't expect to see new circulating coins before 2025, since that's the historic tendency. But I am pretty sure we can expect to see a commemorative coin within the year, which may give an idea of how the King wants to be potraited and the potraites he says yes to for the standard circulating coins. 

 

Some also speak about there may come a delayed Crown Prince' 18th year old birthday coin, since Christian is now the crown prince, and still 18

There's going to be a new series coming out around 2028-2029, which the public can have some influence on regarding motifs/themes: https://www.nationalbanken.dk/da/fremtidens-kontanter/nye-sedler-i-20282029 

Jamtrup

What I was told by my local coinshop was the Royal Danish Mint probably will sell/offer to sell them to the coindealers and then they will be distributed from there. Meaning the local dealers/stores will get the non-cirkulating coins first from now on

The coin dealers will surely make a very nice profit. 😟

Instead of closing the mint shop altogether Nationalbanken should have outsourced it. Just like the Irish Central Bank did with its shop just recently. Outsourcing is not great but better than closing. 

By the way, I noticed the two notes above show the signature of Ms Signe Krogstrup (and Chief Cashier Ms Bolette Moeller). There is another picture of a 100kr 2009A on Nationalbank's website that shows the signature of Per Callesen (and Ms Bolette Moeller). 

I wonder has anyone seen or heard of a 2009A 500 Kronor note with the signature of Ms Krogstrup?

Danmarks Nationalbank announced today that they have begun working on new coins featuring the new King (on the 10 and 20 Kronor coins) and his monogram (on the 1, 2 and 5 Kronor coins).

Furthermore, the bank plans on ‘’passing of the crown'' coins commemorating the event.

Coins will likely be available not sooner than the end of this year.

https://www.nationalbanken.dk/en/news-and-knowledge/press/archive/2024/new-coins-featuring-king-frederik-x-06-02-2024

Short news from Denmark, about the coins featuring King Frederik X.

https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/seneste/nationalbanken-annoncerer-nye-moenter

Even shorter version, in English:

Tuesday, 2nd of December, at 10 o'clock, the National Bank of Denmark will introduce the new design, which according to the bank has got a completely new design.

New from Denmark: New coins have been unveiled!

Read more here:

https://www.kongehuset.dk/nyheder/nye-danske-moenter-med-hmkongen

but no images on the site of kongehuset.

Weird?

Try Nationalbanken:

https://www.nationalbanken.dk/da/vores-arbejde/sedler-og-moenter/nye-moenter/moentraekken

Meget bedre, tak skal du have.

Ole

Not the biggest fan of the design for the 1-2-5 Kroner, almost looks like play money to me ¯_(ツ)_/.

To me the 1, 2 and 5 Kroner indeed look like play money from my childhood!

I agree, not the biggest fan and a sharp contrast to the ones of Queen Magrethe II. But maybe  by design, to ddestinguis them from his mother's coinage?

It looks way too simple and plain to me though…