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2 Øre - Frederik IX
| Issuer | Royal Danish Mint |
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| Year | 1948-1972 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1948 N♥S - KM#840.1 - 1,926,775 1949 N♥S - KM#840.1 - 1,602,609 1950 N♥S - KM#840.1 - 4,542,943 1951 N♥S - KM#840.1 - 3,766,254 1952 N♥S - KM#840.1 - 4,874,464 1953 N♥S - KM#840.1 - 8,112,191 1954 N♥S - KM#840.1 - 6,496,955 1955 N♥S - KM#840.1 - 6,968,489 1956 C♥S - KM#840.2 - 10,004,092 1957 C♥S - KM#840.2 - 15,328,913 1958 C♥S - KM#840.2 - 8,120,291 1959 C♥S - KM#840.2 - 10,462,285 1960 C♥S - KM#840.2 - 16,504,219 1961 C♥S - KM#840.2 - 15,458,564 1962 C♥S - KM#840.2 - 10,980,069 1963 C♥S - KM#840.2 - 19,470,326 1964 C♥S - KM#840.2 - 15,411,485 1965 C♥S - KM#840.2 - 20,173,073 1966 C♥S - KM#840.2 - 21,948,593 1967 C♥S - KM#840.2 - 22,438,620 1968 C♥S - KM#840.2 - 17,631,798 1969 C♥S - KM#840.2 - 29,275,906 1970 C♥S - KM#840.2 - 23,864,297 1971 C♥S - KM#840.2 - 35,810,560 1972 S♥S - KM#840.3 - 6,495,547 |
| Additional information |
Denmark's postwar zinc coinage was a direct consequence of wartime metal restrictions that never fully unwound. Copper remained strategically allocated well into the late 1940s, pushing the Mint toward zinc for low-denomination issues even after the Occupation ended in 1945. The alloy proved problematic in circulation — zinc corrodes aggressively in humid conditions, and Danish examples frequently show pitting and surface degradation that has nothing to do with wear.
Production ran across three decades and multiple dies, with later strikes showing minor legend spacing variants documented in Schön.