Thread: TRIVIA: Crown Me, I'm a Numismatist!

This is a trivia article about Crowns. Let's start with the origin of Denmark's Kronor gold pieces. These 10 Kronor and 20 Kronor coins can trace their ancestry back to 1826 when King Frederik VI ascended to the throne of Demark.

Denmark issued gold trade coins in an attempt to create a profitable inroad to the lucrative African, Asian, Indian and French commerce markets.

Those first Danish gold trade coins took on the names of Denmark's king's, Frederik VI and VII plus the Danish word "d'or" which translates to the Anglo Saxon words "of gold." So the coins were denominated as Frederik d'or and 2 Frederik d'or. Note: some numismatic historians use the upper case "D" instead of the lower case "d" thus they spell it D'or.

In 1841 these gold trade coins changed names. King Christian VII was crowned so the coins became Christian d'or and 2 Christian d'or. Note: popular reference to these coins was "Gold Christians." These Christian d'or gold coins were struck each year throughout the reigns of Christian VII, VIII , and IX.

Here's five photos of some Frederik d'or and 2 Frederik d'or gold coins courtesy of coinarchives.com:

http://www.coinarchives.com/w/result...=0&results=100


And here's five photos of some Christian d'or and 2 Christian d'or gold coins, also courtesy of coinarchives.com:

http://www.coinarchives.com/w/result...=0&results=100


After Christian IX the denominations of the gold coins were changed to 10 Kronor and 20 Kronor. Kronor is the Danish word for Crown. This was done to stop having to change denominational text on the reverses of the coins every time a new monarch was crowned.

Here's 86 (look at as many as your golden heart desires) photos of these 10 and 20 Kronors courtesy of coinarchives.com:

http://www.coinarchives.com/w/result...=0&results=100


Other countries struck gold crowns before Denmark did. English gold Crowns debuted in 1526 during King Henry VIII's Monetary reform. Though England's Crown coins were first struck in gold. Silver became the normal metallic composition and were issued in Half Crowns too:

England - Crown (photos of gold and silver Crowns issued under ruling monarch courtesy of Wikimedia)

Henry VII:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...own_756826.jpg


http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...own_712275.jpg


Edward VI:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...own_802157.jpg


Elizabeth I Gold:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...own_712279.jpg


Elizabeth I Silver:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...2_74001334.jpg

Here's a 1646 Crown and half Crown in diamond shapes:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...ege_651285.jpg


http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...ewark_1646.jpg


Cromwell Half Crown 1658:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cromwellcoin.jpg


George III 1816 Half Crown:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George3coin.jpg


George IV 1821 Half Crown:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George4coin.jpg


Before you ask about Mary I, let me enlighten you - No Crowns were struck during her reign.

Scotland issued the gold Croun of Wecht (Crown of weight) during the 12th Century in the early beginnings of Scotland.

Other Scottish early spellings for Crown are Crune, Croune, Crowne, Crowin, Crowun, Crwin, Corune, Coroune and Corone. Take your pick. No photo available.

France, under the reigns of Charles VI and VII, issued gold Ecu d'or a la Cournne coins. Photos courtesy of coinarchives.com. Scroll to Photos 2 & 3:

http://www.coinarchives.com/w/result...=0&results=100


Many other "Crown" coins (silver and gold) came into being after Denmark's 10 and 20 Kronor coins. Accompanying photos when I find one:

Austria - Kronenthaler, then Kronen, Krone and, later, Corona (photos courtesy of coinarchives.com):

http://www.coinarchives.com/w/result...=0&results=100


http://www.coinarchives.com/w/result...=0&results=100


http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...01_reverse.jpg



Bohemia - Koruna
Chechoslovakia - Korun, then Koruna (photo #1):

http://www.coinarchives.com/w/result...=0&results=100


Estonia - Kroon (3 photos)

http://www.coinarchives.com/w/result...=0&results=100


Faroe Islands - Krona
German States - Kronenthaler (photos courtesy of Wikimedia)

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...1825_70186.jpg


http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...aler_70200.jpg

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...1833_70255.jpg


Hungary - Krone, then Korona (See photo #3 courtesy of coinarchives):

http://www.coinarchives.com/w/result...=0&results=100



Iceland - Krona (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia)

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...rona_Coins.jpg



Italy - Corona (photo courtesy of coinarchives.com) See 1st Photo:

http://www.coinarchives.com/w/result...=0&results=100



Lichtenstein - Krone (photo courtesy of Wikimedia):

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...orona-1904.jpg


Magyar Republic - Krona (photos courtesy of Wapedia):

http://wapedia.mobi/en/File:AHK_1_1914_reverse.jpg


http://wapedia.mobi/en/File:AHK_2_1912_reverse.jpg


http://wapedia.mobi/en/File:AHK_5_1907_reverse.jpg


http://wapedia.mobi/en/File:AHK_10_1901_reverse.jpg


http://wapedia.mobi/en/File:AHKcoin_20_1897_reverse.jpg


http://wapedia.mobi/en/File:AHK_100_1908_reverse.jpg


Moravia - Koruna
Norway - Krone
Poland - Coronat
Slovakia - Koruna (photo courtesy of Wikimedia):

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...at_of_arms.png



Sweden - Krona (courtesy of coinarchives.com):

http://www.coinarchives.com/w/result...=0&results=100



Yougoslavia - Krone

And much later there are those Crowns issued by the Commonwealth Nations:

Australia (photo courtesy of worldcoingallery.com):

http://worldcoingallery.com/countrie...alia%20km%2034


Bermuda (photo courtesy of worldcoingallery.com:

http://worldcoingallery.com/countrie...ermuda%20crown


Gibraltar (photo courtesy of worldcoingallery.com):

http://worldcoingallery.com/countrie...altar%20km%204


Great Britain (photos courtesy of Wikipedia):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:19...verse)_UNC.JPG


1953 CORONATION CROWN

Obverse:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Co...53_obverse.jpg


Reverse:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Co...53_reverse.jpg

Isle of Man (photo courtesy of worldcoingallery.com):

http://worldcoingallery.com/countrie...e%20Man%20tram


New Zealand (photos courtesy of worldcoingallery.com):

http://worldcoingallery.com/countrie...aland%20km%205


http://worldcoingallery.com/countrie...land%20km%2022


Southern Rhodesia (photos courtesy of worldcoingallery.com):

http://worldcoingallery.com/countrie...desia%20km%205


http://worldcoingallery.com/countrie...esia%20km%2027


St. Helena & Ascension Islands (photo courtesy of worldcoingallery.com):

http://worldcoingallery.com/countrie...elena%20km%207


Turks and Caicos Islands (photos courtesy of worldcoingallery.com):

http://worldcoingallery.com/countrie...urks%20km%2051


http://worldcoingallery.com/countrie...rks%20windmill


http://worldcoingallery.com/countrie...ry=Turks%20map


Hope this was interesting to you...

Clinker