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10 Kroner - Margrethe II Ugly Duckling - Silver Issue
| Issuer | Danmarks Nationalbank |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Composition | Silver (.999) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Margrethe II, diademed and wearing a pearl necklace, rendered in high relief with finely detailed hair swept upward beneath the crown. The portrait is set within a raised inner circle, with the surrounding border carrying the legend in raised Latin characters. The circumferential inscription reads MARGRETHE II, separated by a heart ornament, followed by DANMARKS DRONNING, with the date 2005 positioned at the base. The engraving exhibits a sculptural, medallic quality characteristic of commemorative issues from the Royal Danish Mint. |
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| Obverse lettering | MARGRETHE II DANMARKS DRONNING 2005 |
| Reverse description | Central field depicts two swans in a stylised, high-relief composition evoking the transformation scene from Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale 'The Ugly Duckling', with one bird spreading its wings and both rendered against a textured aquatic background suggestive of reeds and water. The design is contained within a raised inner circle, with the surrounding annular border bearing the inscriptions H. C. ANDERSEN 1805-2005 to the upper portion, commemorating the bicentenary of Andersen's birth, and the denomination 10 KRONER along the lower arc. The artistic treatment is boldly sculptural, with deeply modelled forms contrasting against the smooth field of the inner disc. |
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