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<p>[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 791284, member: 6229"]<font face="Arial">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.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial">Denmark issued gold trade coins in an attempt to create a profitable inroad to the lucrative African, Asian, Indian and French commerce markets.</font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial">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.</font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial">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.</font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial">Here's five photos of some Frederik d'or and 2 Frederik d'or gold coins courtesy of coinarchives.com:</font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Frederik+d%27or&s=0&results=100" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Frederik+d%27or&s=0&results=100" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Frederik+d%27or&s=0&results=100</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial">And here's five photos of some Christian d'or and 2 Christian d'or gold coins, also courtesy of coinarchives.com:</font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Christian+d%27or&s=0&results=100" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Christian+d%27or&s=0&results=100" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Christian+d'or&s=0&results=100</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial">After Christian IX the denominations of the gold coins were changed to 10 Kronor and 20 Kronor. Kronor is the Danish word for <b><i>Crown</i></b>. This was done to stop having to change denominational text on the reverses of the coins every time a new monarch was crowned. </font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial">Here's 86 (look at as many as your golden heart desires) photos of these 10 and 20 Kronors courtesy of coinarchives.com:</font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Kronor&s=0&results=100" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Kronor&s=0&results=100" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Kronor&s=0&results=100</a> </font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial">Other countries struck gold crowns before Denmark did. English gold <b><i>Crowns </i></b>debuted in 1526 during King Henry VIII's Monetary reform. Though England's <b><i>Crown</i></b> coins were first struck in gold. Silver became the normal metallic composition and were issued in Half <b><i>Crowns </i></b>too:</font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial">England - Crown (photos of gold and silver <b><i>Crowns</i></b> issued under ruling monarch courtesy of Wikimedia)</font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><b><u>Henry VII:</u></b></font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_VIII_Crown_756826.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_VIII_Crown_756826.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_VIII_Crown_756826.jpg</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_VIII_Crown_712275.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_VIII_Crown_712275.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_VIII_Crown_712275.jpg</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><b><u>Edward VI:</u></b></font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edward_VI_AR_Crown_802157.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edward_VI_AR_Crown_802157.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edward_VI_AR_Crown_802157.jpg</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><b><u>Elizabeth I Gold:</u></b></font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elizabeth_I_gold_crown_712279.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elizabeth_I_gold_crown_712279.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elizabeth_I_gold_crown_712279.jpg</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><b><u>Elizabeth I Silver:</u></b></font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elizabeth_I_AR_Crown_1602_74001334.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elizabeth_I_AR_Crown_1602_74001334.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elizabeth_I_AR_Crown_1602_74001334.jpg</a></font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial">Here's a 1646 <b><i>Crown </i></b>and half <b><i>Crown</i></b> in diamond shapes:</font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Newark_siege_651285.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Newark_siege_651285.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Newark_siege_651285.jpg</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:English_Half-Crown_Newark_1646.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:English_Half-Crown_Newark_1646.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:English_Half-Crown_Newark_1646.jpg</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><b><u>Cromwell Half Crown 1658:</u></b></font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cromwellcoin.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cromwellcoin.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cromwellcoin.jpg</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><b><u>George III 1816 Half Crown:</u></b></font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George3coin.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George3coin.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George3coin.jpg</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><b><u>George IV 1821 Half Crown:</u></b></font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George4coin.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George4coin.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George4coin.jpg</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial">Before you ask about Mary I, let me enlighten you - No <b><i>Crowns</i></b> were struck during her reign.</font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial">Scotland issued the gold <b><i>Croun of Wecht </i></b>(Crown of weight) during the 12th Century in the early beginnings of Scotland.</font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial">Other Scottish early spellings for Crown are Crune, Croune, Crowne, Crowin, Crowun, Crwin, Corune, Coroune and Corone. Take your pick. No photo available. </font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial">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:</font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Couronne&s=0&results=100" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Couronne&s=0&results=100" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Couronne&s=0&results=100</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial">Many other "Crown" coins (silver and gold) came into being after Denmark's 10 and 20 <b><i>Kronor </i></b>coins. Accompanying photos when I find one:</font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial">Austria - Kronenthaler, then Kronen, Krone and, later, Corona (photos courtesy of coinarchives.com):</font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Austria+100+Kronen&s=0&results=100" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Austria+100+Kronen&s=0&results=100" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Austria+100+Kronen&s=0&results=100</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Krone&s=0&results=100" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Krone&s=0&results=100" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Krone&s=0&results=100</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AHK_1_corona_1901_reverse.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AHK_1_corona_1901_reverse.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AHK_1_corona_1901_reverse.jpg</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial">Bohemia - Koruna</font></p><p><font face="Arial">Chechoslovakia - Korun, then Koruna (photo #1):</font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Korun&s=0&results=100" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Korun&s=0&results=100" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Korun&s=0&results=100</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial">Estonia - Kroon (3 photos)</font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Kroon&s=0&results=100" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Kroon&s=0&results=100" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Kroon&s=0&results=100</a> </font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial">Faroe Islands - Krona</font></p><p><font face="Arial">German States - Kronenthaler (photos courtesy of Wikimedia)</font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hessen-Darmstadt_Kronenthaler_1825_70186.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hessen-Darmstadt_Kronenthaler_1825_70186.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hessen-Darmstadt_Kronenthaler_1825_70186.jpg</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nassau_Kronenthaler_70200.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nassau_Kronenthaler_70200.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nassau_Kronenthaler_70200.jpg</a></font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:W%C3%BCrttemberg_Kronenthaler_1833_70255.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:W%C3%BCrttemberg_Kronenthaler_1833_70255.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Württemberg_Kronenthaler_1833_70255.jpg</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial">Hungary - Krone, then Korona (See photo #3 courtesy of coinarchives):</font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Hungary+Corona&s=0&results=100" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Hungary+Corona&s=0&results=100" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Hungary+Corona&s=0&results=100</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial">Iceland - Krona (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia)</font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iceland_Krona_Coins.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iceland_Krona_Coins.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iceland_Krona_Coins.jpg</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial">Italy - Corona (photo courtesy of coinarchives.com) See 1st Photo:</font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Italian+Corona++&s=0&results=100" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Italian+Corona++&s=0&results=100" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Italian+Corona++&s=0&results=100</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial">Lichtenstein - Krone (photo courtesy of Wikimedia):</font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Liechtenstein_korona-1904.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Liechtenstein_korona-1904.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Liechtenstein_korona-1904.jpg</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial">Magyar Republic - Krona (photos courtesy of Wapedia):</font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://wapedia.mobi/en/File:AHK_1_1914_reverse.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://wapedia.mobi/en/File:AHK_1_1914_reverse.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://wapedia.mobi/en/File:AHK_1_1914_reverse.jpg</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://wapedia.mobi/en/File:AHK_2_1912_reverse.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://wapedia.mobi/en/File:AHK_2_1912_reverse.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://wapedia.mobi/en/File:AHK_2_1912_reverse.jpg</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://wapedia.mobi/en/File:AHK_5_1907_reverse.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://wapedia.mobi/en/File:AHK_5_1907_reverse.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://wapedia.mobi/en/File:AHK_5_1907_reverse.jpg</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://wapedia.mobi/en/File:AHK_10_1901_reverse.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://wapedia.mobi/en/File:AHK_10_1901_reverse.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://wapedia.mobi/en/File:AHK_10_1901_reverse.jpg</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://wapedia.mobi/en/File:AHKcoin_20_1897_reverse.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://wapedia.mobi/en/File:AHKcoin_20_1897_reverse.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://wapedia.mobi/en/File:AHKcoin_20_1897_reverse.jpg</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://wapedia.mobi/en/File:AHK_100_1908_reverse.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://wapedia.mobi/en/File:AHK_100_1908_reverse.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://wapedia.mobi/en/File:AHK_100_1908_reverse.jpg</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial">Moravia - Koruna</font></p><p><font face="Arial">Norway - Krone</font></p><p><font face="Arial">Poland - Coronat</font></p><p><font face="Arial">Slovakia - Koruna (photo courtesy of Wikimedia):</font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:50_Slovak_Koruna_1944_back_Slovak_coat_of_arms.png" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:50_Slovak_Koruna_1944_back_Slovak_coat_of_arms.png" rel="nofollow">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:50_Slovak_Koruna_1944_back_Slovak_coat_of_arms.png</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial">Sweden - Krona (courtesy of coinarchives.com):</font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Oscar+II+Krona&s=0&results=100" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Oscar+II+Krona&s=0&results=100" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Oscar+II+Krona&s=0&results=100</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial">Yougoslavia - Krone</font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial">And much later there are those Crowns issued by the Commonwealth Nations:</font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><u>Australia (photo courtesy of worldcoingallery.com):</u></font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=nmc2/10-34&desc=Australia%20km34%201%20Crown%20(1937-1938)&query=Australia%20km%2034" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=nmc2/10-34&desc=Australia%20km34%201%20Crown%20(1937-1938)&query=Australia%20km%2034" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=nmc2/10-34&desc=Australia km34 1 Crown (1937-1938)&query=Australia km 34</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><u>Bermuda (photo courtesy of worldcoingallery.com:</u></font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_zb.php?image=nmc8/20-13&desc=Bermuda%20km13%201%20Crown%20(1959)&query=Bermuda%20crown" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_zb.php?image=nmc8/20-13&desc=Bermuda%20km13%201%20Crown%20(1959)&query=Bermuda%20crown" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_zb.php?image=nmc8/20-13&desc=Bermuda km13 1 Crown (1959)&query=Bermuda crown</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><u>Gibraltar (photo courtesy of worldcoingallery.com):</u></font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img13/75-4&desc=Gibraltar%20km4%201%20Crown%20(1967-1970)&query=Gibraltar%20km%204" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img13/75-4&desc=Gibraltar%20km4%201%20Crown%20(1967-1970)&query=Gibraltar%20km%204" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img13/75-4&desc=Gibraltar km4 1 Crown (1967-1970)&query=Gibraltar km 4</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><u>Great Britain (photos courtesy of Wikipedia):</u></font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1934_George_V_%27wreath%27_Crown_(reverse)_UNC.JPG" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1934_George_V_%27wreath%27_Crown_(reverse)_UNC.JPG" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1934_George_V_'wreath'_Crown_(reverse)_UNC.JPG</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><b><i><u>1953 CORONATION CROWN</u></i></b></font></p><p> </p><p><u><i><font face="Arial">Obverse:</font></i></u></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coronation_Crown_1953_obverse.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coronation_Crown_1953_obverse.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coronation_Crown_1953_obverse.jpg</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><i><u>Reverse:</u></i></font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coronation_Crown_1953_reverse.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coronation_Crown_1953_reverse.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coronation_Crown_1953_reverse.jpg</a></font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><u>Isle of Man (photo courtesy of worldcoingallery.com):</u></font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img13/93-38&desc=Isle%20of%20Man%20km38%201%20Crown%20(1976)%20Horse-drawn%20tram&query=Isle%20Man%20tram" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img13/93-38&desc=Isle%20of%20Man%20km38%201%20Crown%20(1976)%20Horse-drawn%20tram&query=Isle%20Man%20tram" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img13/93-38&desc=Isle of Man km38 1 Crown (1976) Horse-drawn tram&query=Isle Man tram</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><u>New Zealand (photos courtesy of worldcoingallery.com):</u></font></p><p> </p><p><u><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img3/131-5&desc=New%20Zealand%20km5%201/2%20Crown%20(1933-1935)&query=Zealand%20km%205" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img3/131-5&desc=New%20Zealand%20km5%201/2%20Crown%20(1933-1935)&query=Zealand%20km%205" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img3/131-5&desc=New Zealand km5 1/2 Crown (1933-1935)&query=Zealand km 5</a></font></u></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><u><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=nmc2/131-22&desc=New%20Zealand%20km22%201%20Crown%20(1949)&query=Zealand%20km%2022" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=nmc2/131-22&desc=New%20Zealand%20km22%201%20Crown%20(1949)&query=Zealand%20km%2022" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=nmc2/131-22&desc=New Zealand km22 1 Crown (1949)&query=Zealand km 22</a></font></u></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><u><font face="Arial">Southern Rhodesia (photos courtesy of worldcoingallery.com):</font></u></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=nmc1/199-5&desc=S.%20Rhodesia%20km5%201/2%20Crown%20(1932-1936)&query=Southern%20Rhodesia%20km%205" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=nmc1/199-5&desc=S.%20Rhodesia%20km5%201/2%20Crown%20(1932-1936)&query=Southern%20Rhodesia%20km%205" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=nmc1/199-5&desc=S. Rhodesia km5 1/2 Crown (1932-1936)&query=Southern Rhodesia km 5</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=nmc2/199-27&desc=Southern%20Rhodesia%20km27%201%20Crown%20(1953)&query=Southern%20Rhodesia%20km%2027" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=nmc2/199-27&desc=Southern%20Rhodesia%20km27%201%20Crown%20(1953)&query=Southern%20Rhodesia%20km%2027" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=nmc2/199-27&desc=Southern Rhodesia km27 1 Crown (1953)&query=Southern Rhodesia km 27</a></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial"><u>St. Helena & Ascension Islands (photo courtesy of worldcoingallery.com):</u></font></p><p> </p><p><u><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img10/167-7&desc=St.%20Helena%20km7%201%20Crown%20(1978)&query=helena%20km%207" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img10/167-7&desc=St.%20Helena%20km7%201%20Crown%20(1978)&query=helena%20km%207" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img10/167-7&desc=St. Helena km7 1 Crown (1978)&query=helena km 7</a></font></u></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><u><font face="Arial">Turks and Caicos Islands (photos courtesy of worldcoingallery.com):</font></u></p><p> </p><p><u><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img/214-51&desc=Turks%20and%20Caicos%20km51%201/4%20Crown%20(1981)&query=Turks%20km%2051" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img/214-51&desc=Turks%20and%20Caicos%20km51%201/4%20Crown%20(1981)&query=Turks%20km%2051" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img/214-51&desc=Turks and Caicos km51 1/4 Crown (1981)&query=Turks km 51</a></font></u></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><u><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_zb.php?image=nmc8/214-52&desc=Turks%20and%20Caicos%20Islands%20km52%201/2%20Crown%20(1981)%20Windmill&query=Turks%20windmill" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_zb.php?image=nmc8/214-52&desc=Turks%20and%20Caicos%20Islands%20km52%201/2%20Crown%20(1981)%20Windmill&query=Turks%20windmill" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_zb.php?image=nmc8/214-52&desc=Turks and Caicos Islands km52 1/2 Crown (1981) Windmill&query=Turks windmill</a></font></u></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><u><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_zb.php?image=nmc8/214-5&desc=Turks%20and%20Caicos%20Islands%20km5%201%20Crown%20(1975-1977)%20Country%20Map&query=Turks%20map" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_zb.php?image=nmc8/214-5&desc=Turks%20and%20Caicos%20Islands%20km5%201%20Crown%20(1975-1977)%20Country%20Map&query=Turks%20map" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_zb.php?image=nmc8/214-5&desc=Turks and Caicos Islands km5 1 Crown (1975-1977) Country Map&query=Turks map</a></font></u></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial">Hope this was interesting to you...</font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Arial">Clinker</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 791284, member: 6229"][FONT=Arial]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.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Denmark issued gold trade coins in an attempt to create a profitable inroad to the lucrative African, Asian, Indian and French commerce markets.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]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.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]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.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Here's five photos of some Frederik d'or and 2 Frederik d'or gold coins courtesy of coinarchives.com:[/FONT] [FONT=Arial][URL="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Frederik+d%27or&s=0&results=100"]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Frederik+d%27or&s=0&results=100[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Arial]And here's five photos of some Christian d'or and 2 Christian d'or gold coins, also courtesy of coinarchives.com:[/FONT] [FONT=Arial][URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Christian+d%27or&s=0&results=100[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Arial]After Christian IX the denominations of the gold coins were changed to 10 Kronor and 20 Kronor. Kronor is the Danish word for [B][I]Crown[/I][/B]. This was done to stop having to change denominational text on the reverses of the coins every time a new monarch was crowned. [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Here's 86 (look at as many as your golden heart desires) photos of these 10 and 20 Kronors courtesy of coinarchives.com:[/FONT] [FONT=Arial][URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Kronor&s=0&results=100[/URL] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Other countries struck gold crowns before Denmark did. English gold [B][I]Crowns [/I][/B]debuted in 1526 during King Henry VIII's Monetary reform. Though England's [B][I]Crown[/I][/B] coins were first struck in gold. Silver became the normal metallic composition and were issued in Half [B][I]Crowns [/I][/B]too:[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]England - Crown (photos of gold and silver [B][I]Crowns[/I][/B] issued under ruling monarch courtesy of Wikimedia)[/FONT] [FONT=Arial][B][U]Henry VII:[/U][/B][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][URL]http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_VIII_Crown_756826.jpg[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][URL]http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_VIII_Crown_712275.jpg[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][B][U]Edward VI:[/U][/B][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][URL]http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edward_VI_AR_Crown_802157.jpg[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][B][U]Elizabeth I Gold:[/U][/B][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][URL]http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elizabeth_I_gold_crown_712279.jpg[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][B][U]Elizabeth I Silver:[/U][/B][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][URL]http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elizabeth_I_AR_Crown_1602_74001334.jpg[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Here's a 1646 [B][I]Crown [/I][/B]and half [B][I]Crown[/I][/B] in diamond shapes:[/FONT] [FONT=Arial][URL]http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Newark_siege_651285.jpg[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][URL]http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:English_Half-Crown_Newark_1646.jpg[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][B][U]Cromwell Half Crown 1658:[/U][/B][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][URL]http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cromwellcoin.jpg[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][B][U]George III 1816 Half Crown:[/U][/B][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][URL]http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George3coin.jpg[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][B][U]George IV 1821 Half Crown:[/U][/B][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][URL]http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George4coin.jpg[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Before you ask about Mary I, let me enlighten you - No [B][I]Crowns[/I][/B] were struck during her reign.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Scotland issued the gold [B][I]Croun of Wecht [/I][/B](Crown of weight) during the 12th Century in the early beginnings of Scotland.[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Other Scottish early spellings for Crown are Crune, Croune, Crowne, Crowin, Crowun, Crwin, Corune, Coroune and Corone. Take your pick. No photo available. [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]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:[/FONT] [FONT=Arial][URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Couronne&s=0&results=100[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Many other "Crown" coins (silver and gold) came into being after Denmark's 10 and 20 [B][I]Kronor [/I][/B]coins. Accompanying photos when I find one:[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Austria - Kronenthaler, then Kronen, Krone and, later, Corona (photos courtesy of coinarchives.com):[/FONT] [FONT=Arial][URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Austria+100+Kronen&s=0&results=100[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Krone&s=0&results=100[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][URL]http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AHK_1_corona_1901_reverse.jpg[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Bohemia - Koruna[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Chechoslovakia - Korun, then Koruna (photo #1):[/FONT] [FONT=Arial][URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Korun&s=0&results=100[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Estonia - Kroon (3 photos)[/FONT] [FONT=Arial][URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Kroon&s=0&results=100[/URL] [/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Faroe Islands - Krona[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]German States - Kronenthaler (photos courtesy of Wikimedia)[/FONT] [FONT=Arial][URL]http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hessen-Darmstadt_Kronenthaler_1825_70186.jpg[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][URL]http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nassau_Kronenthaler_70200.jpg[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][URL]http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:W%C3%BCrttemberg_Kronenthaler_1833_70255.jpg[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Hungary - Krone, then Korona (See photo #3 courtesy of coinarchives):[/FONT] [FONT=Arial][URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Hungary+Corona&s=0&results=100[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Iceland - Krona (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia)[/FONT] [FONT=Arial][URL]http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iceland_Krona_Coins.jpg[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Italy - Corona (photo courtesy of coinarchives.com) See 1st Photo:[/FONT] [FONT=Arial][URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Italian+Corona++&s=0&results=100[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Lichtenstein - Krone (photo courtesy of Wikimedia):[/FONT] [FONT=Arial][URL]http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Liechtenstein_korona-1904.jpg[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Magyar Republic - Krona (photos courtesy of Wapedia):[/FONT] [FONT=Arial][URL]http://wapedia.mobi/en/File:AHK_1_1914_reverse.jpg[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][URL]http://wapedia.mobi/en/File:AHK_2_1912_reverse.jpg[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][URL]http://wapedia.mobi/en/File:AHK_5_1907_reverse.jpg[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][URL]http://wapedia.mobi/en/File:AHK_10_1901_reverse.jpg[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][URL]http://wapedia.mobi/en/File:AHKcoin_20_1897_reverse.jpg[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][URL]http://wapedia.mobi/en/File:AHK_100_1908_reverse.jpg[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Moravia - Koruna[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Norway - Krone[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Poland - Coronat[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Slovakia - Koruna (photo courtesy of Wikimedia):[/FONT] [FONT=Arial][URL]http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:50_Slovak_Koruna_1944_back_Slovak_coat_of_arms.png[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Sweden - Krona (courtesy of coinarchives.com):[/FONT] [FONT=Arial][URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=Oscar+II+Krona&s=0&results=100[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Yougoslavia - Krone[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]And much later there are those Crowns issued by the Commonwealth Nations:[/FONT] [FONT=Arial][U]Australia (photo courtesy of worldcoingallery.com):[/U][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=nmc2/10-34&desc=Australia%20km34%201%20Crown%20(1937-1938)&query=Australia%20km%2034[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][U]Bermuda (photo courtesy of worldcoingallery.com:[/U][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_zb.php?image=nmc8/20-13&desc=Bermuda%20km13%201%20Crown%20(1959)&query=Bermuda%20crown[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][U]Gibraltar (photo courtesy of worldcoingallery.com):[/U][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img13/75-4&desc=Gibraltar%20km4%201%20Crown%20(1967-1970)&query=Gibraltar%20km%204[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][U]Great Britain (photos courtesy of Wikipedia):[/U][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1934_George_V_%27wreath%27_Crown_(reverse)_UNC.JPG[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][B][I][U]1953 CORONATION CROWN[/U][/I][/B][/FONT] [U][I][FONT=Arial]Obverse:[/FONT][/I][/U] [FONT=Arial][URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coronation_Crown_1953_obverse.jpg[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][I][U]Reverse:[/U][/I][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coronation_Crown_1953_reverse.jpg[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][U]Isle of Man (photo courtesy of worldcoingallery.com):[/U][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img13/93-38&desc=Isle%20of%20Man%20km38%201%20Crown%20(1976)%20Horse-drawn%20tram&query=Isle%20Man%20tram[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][U]New Zealand (photos courtesy of worldcoingallery.com):[/U][/FONT] [U][FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img3/131-5&desc=New%20Zealand%20km5%201/2%20Crown%20(1933-1935)&query=Zealand%20km%205[/URL][/FONT][/U] [U][FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=nmc2/131-22&desc=New%20Zealand%20km22%201%20Crown%20(1949)&query=Zealand%20km%2022[/URL][/FONT][/U] [U][FONT=Arial]Southern Rhodesia (photos courtesy of worldcoingallery.com):[/FONT][/U] [FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=nmc1/199-5&desc=S.%20Rhodesia%20km5%201/2%20Crown%20(1932-1936)&query=Southern%20Rhodesia%20km%205[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=nmc2/199-27&desc=Southern%20Rhodesia%20km27%201%20Crown%20(1953)&query=Southern%20Rhodesia%20km%2027[/URL][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][U]St. Helena & Ascension Islands (photo courtesy of worldcoingallery.com):[/U][/FONT] [U][FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img10/167-7&desc=St.%20Helena%20km7%201%20Crown%20(1978)&query=helena%20km%207[/URL][/FONT][/U] [U][FONT=Arial]Turks and Caicos Islands (photos courtesy of worldcoingallery.com):[/FONT][/U] [U][FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine.php?image=img/214-51&desc=Turks%20and%20Caicos%20km51%201/4%20Crown%20(1981)&query=Turks%20km%2051[/URL][/FONT][/U] [U][FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_zb.php?image=nmc8/214-52&desc=Turks%20and%20Caicos%20Islands%20km52%201/2%20Crown%20(1981)%20Windmill&query=Turks%20windmill[/URL][/FONT][/U] [U][FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coine_zb.php?image=nmc8/214-5&desc=Turks%20and%20Caicos%20Islands%20km5%201%20Crown%20(1975-1977)%20Country%20Map&query=Turks%20map[/URL][/FONT][/U] [FONT=Arial]Hope this was interesting to you...[/FONT] [FONT=Arial]Clinker[/FONT][/QUOTE]
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