DENMARK 

KM 871

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ENCYCLOPAEDIA

                

Face value Diameter mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge Composition Rotation
20 kroner 27.0 9.3 2.35 Plain and reeded sectors Aluminum-Bronze Medal
Obverse Reverse
  The inscriptions along the rim: "Margrethe II Queen of Denmark". In the center: head of Queen in tiara right (portrait of Hanne Varming used in 1989-1993), below - initials "LG-JP", the year of minting, mint mark "A".

 Margrethe II (Margrethe Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid) (born 16 April 1940) is the queen regnant of Denmark.

Crowned royal arms within ornaments and face value.

The three crowned lions and nine hearts have been used by Danish kings for the last 800 years.