On January 14, 2012, H.M. Queen Margrethe II has ruled for 40 years. To commemorate this a new coin has been issued. I have designed the reverse side of it, based on an idea by H.M. the Queen. See:
https://www.royalmint.dk/C12571460044841F/sysOakFil/Winter_2011/$File/Coincatalogue_winter11.pdf
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The second link doesn’t seem to work. Try this and press on "New Catalogue"
https://www.royalmint.dk/dkm/uk/specialdocuments.nsf
Then choose 2011, Autumn/Winter
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Now that is awesome! what an honor. the reverse came out fantastic, Ronny!
Beautiful work, Ronny.
Truly excellent
Congratulations Ronny! That is awesome.
Brilliant solution to the problem of incorporating Faroe Islands, Greenland AND all that water without looking like a slot machine. Thanks for sharing this Ronny! :D
I am a wee bit proud to be blood related to a few danes, hehe. Incidentally, I’m also proud to share the exact same birthday as Crown Princess Mary. I’m such a fanboy. :oops:
Thank you all! It was a fun thing to do, but also challenging, especially when positioning the different elements to create balance.
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Jeffrey, you then also share birthday with my grandmother (who is 92)
Interesting combination. I’d like to ask mr. Andersen, what exactly are the heart shape elements, and what’s the significance of their number.
The State arms of Denmark is Or, three lions passant in pale Azure crowned and armed Or langued Gules, nine hearts Gules and can be seen here:
http://www.sa.dk/media(2618,1030)/Eksempler_2.jpg
This dates back to c. 1194, and was the royal arms of Denmark. King Eric VII (called of Pomerania) was the first Danish king to quarter the royal arms, and since then two versions coexisted; the small royal arms and the larger, quartered royal arms. Nowadays, the small royal arms is used as the state arms and the larger royal arms is only used by the royal family; it can be seen here:
http://kongehuset.dk/publish.php?dogtag=k_en_his_arm
The hearts in the royal arms have been interpreted as both hearts and as sea-leaves, and I don’t it will ever be decided what they actually are.
My version of the royal arms can be seen on another commemorative coin:
and my version of the state arms is now featured on the regular coinage of Denmark:
http://www.kgl-moent.dk/DKM/UK/coins.nsf/side/20-krone_coin!OpenDocument
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What a fantastic honor.
You know Ronny I was thinking of this the other day and I was thinking…how awesome it must be to do this for one’s country. What an honor! Very cool.
Well done, Ronnny!
Ronny Andersen;90678 wrote:
The State arms of Denmark is Or, three lions passant in pale Azure crowned and armed Or langued Gules, nine hearts Gules and can be seen here:
http://www.sa.dk/media(2618,1030)/Eksempler_2.jpg
This dates back to c. 1194, and was the royal arms of Denmark. King Eric VII (called of Pomerania) was the first Danish king to quarter the royal arms, and since then two versions coexisted; the small royal arms and the larger, quartered royal arms. Nowadays, the small royal arms is used as the state arms and the larger royal arms is only used by the royal family; it can be seen here:
http://kongehuset.dk/publish.php?dogtag=k_en_his_arm
The hearts in the royal arms have been interpreted as both hearts and as sea-leaves, and I don’t it will ever be decided what they actually are.
My version of the royal arms can be seen on another commemorative coin:
and my version of the state arms is now featured on the regular coinage of Denmark:
http://www.kgl-moent.dk/DKM/UK/coins.nsf/side/20-krone_coin!OpenDocument
/Ronny
Thank you mr. Andersen, I appreciate the time you took to give the informations.
Ronny,
Fantastic work and great honor. Congratulations, my friend.
The same design has now been used for a commemorative medal, bestowed primarily on members of the royal court.
