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| Denmark paper money - Danish banknotes |
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| DKK Danish Krone |
Obverse: Portrait of Thomasine Heiberg (after her second marriage Gyllembourg Ehrensvärd), née Buntzen, was painted in the 1790s by Jens Juel (1745-1802). Today she is probably best known as the mother of Johan Ludvig Heiberg – author of "Elverhøj", the Danish national play – and mother-in-law of the actress Johanne Luise Heiberg, who adorns the 200-krone banknote. The original is the property of The Museum of National History at Frederiksborg Castle.
Reverse: European red squirrel - the squirrel was reproduced from a watercolour and pencil sketch by the illustrator and architect Ib Andersen (1907-1969).
Format: 176 mm x 94 mm. - Issued on 11 March 1975. - Withdrawn since 18 September 1998.
The banknotes of Denmark, 1972 series are part of the physical form of Denmark's currency, the Krone (kr). They have been issued solely by Danmarks Nationalbank since 1 August 1818. They are still valid but are no longer printed. The theme of the notes is paintings by Jens Juel (1745–1802) of various more or less famous people on the front sides and common animals in Denmark on the back sides.
Danish krone
The krone (plural: kroner; sign: kr.; code: DKK) is the official currency of Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands, introduced on 1 January 1875. Both the ISO code "DKK" and currency sign "kr." are in common use; the former precedes the value, the latter usually follows it. The currency is sometimes referred to as the Danish crown in English, since krone literally means crown. Historically, krone coins had been minted in Denmark since the 17th century.One krone is subdivided into 100 øre (singular and plural), the name deriving from the Latin aureus. All-together there are eleven denominations of the krone, with the smallest being the 50 øre coin, which is valued at one half of a krone. Formerly there were more øre coins, but those were discontinued due to inflation.
The krone is pegged to the euro via the ERM II, the European Union's exchange rate mechanism. Adoption of the euro is favoured by the major political parties, however a 2000 referendum on joining the Eurozone was defeated with 46.8% voting yes and 53.2% voting no.