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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;silvereagle82, post: 26648642, member: 1700&quot;]Here’s another one:</p><p><br /></p><p>Country:&nbsp; DENMARK</p><p>Type: 2 Christian d’or&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Date: 1847</p><p>Certification:&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; NGC #664784-001&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Grade:&nbsp; MS 64</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin Information:</p><p>Design: OBVERSE:&nbsp; Head of Christian VIII facing right. Legend: CHRISTIANVS VIII D: G: DANIAE VGREX ~ REVERSE: Denomination inscribed 2 CHR D’OR above crowned, supported and draped arms with date at bottom – 1847. The mint mark “orb” is left of date and the mint official’s initials, FF, right of date.</p><p>Mint: Altona</p><p>Mintage: 1847 = ? A total of 551,000 for the four years minted (1842, 1844, 1845, 1847)</p><p>References: KM #722.2 / Fr. 289</p><p>Specifications:&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Diameter – 27mm</p><p>Weight – 13.2840 g. @ 0.8960 Gold = .3827oz AGW</p><p>Acquired: Bowers &amp; Merena 2009 Los Angeles ANA Auction / Lot #8527 – August 2009</p><p>Providence: St. James Auction – June 2007</p><p><br /></p><p>Notes:</p><ul> <li>Minted during reign of King Christian VIII (1839-1848).</li> <li>The Mint Official was Johan Friedrich Freund.</li> <li>The wild man—a figure from Germanic and Celtic mythology representing the &#039;Lord of the Beasts&#039; or &#039;Green Man&#039;. The wild man (men) figure appears in the artwork and literature of medieval and early modern Europe. Wild men are depicted as supporters on the coat of arms of Denmark as well the coat of arms of several German States and Dutch towns and cities. (ie. Prussia)</li> </ul><p>Obverse: [GALLERY=media, 22110]Denmark 1847 2 Christian d’or (obverse) by silvereagle82 posted Jan 18, 2026 at 3:43 PM[/GALLERY]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Reverse:[GALLERY=media, 22109]Denmark 1847 2 Christian d’or (reverse) by silvereagle82 posted Jan 18, 2026 at 3:43 PM[/GALLERY][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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