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1 Øre - Christian X German Occupation
| Issuer | Denmark |
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| Year | 1941-1946 |
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| Value | 1 Øre (0.01 DKK) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays the large numeral '1' at centre, flanked symmetrically by sprays of oak and beech leaves tied at the base, their branches crossing in the lower field. The denomination 'ØRE' is inscribed in the lower portion of the field beneath the foliage, completing the design in a simple yet elegant composition characteristic of wartime Danish coinage. |
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Denmark's copper-alloy coinage became unworkable almost immediately after the April 1940 occupation, as German authorities requisitioned non-ferrous metals for the war economy. The switch to zinc for these small denominations was not a Danish monetary decision — it was an imposed industrial one. Zinc corrodes aggressively in circulation, and surviving examples in anything above Fine are genuinely scarce despite respectable mintage figures.
Production continued through 1946, a full year after liberation, while the mint worked through existing blanks and restocked conventional alloys.