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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1671434, member: 39&quot;]In a way, everybody did ... voluntarily. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; The coin was a fundraiser as far I know - face value 2 kroner, sold at a price of 5 kroner.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1952 the royal couple (King Frederik and Queen Ingrid) visited Greenland, and a little later the Dronning Ingrids (Queen Ingrid&#039;s) Hospital was founded there. The revenue from that coin issue supported fighting tuberculosis. Note that the pieces were first issued on 27 May 1953, one day before the constitutional referendum in that year which also changed the legal status of Greenland.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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