Denmark Launches Northern Lights Polar Coins
Greenland Northern Lights and scientific research is the theme for the third and final series of Denmark Polar coins to commemorate the International Polar Year (IPY), which is a large scientific program focused on the Arctic and Antarctic.
Circulating aluminum bronze 10-krone coins and collector editions in .999 silver and .900 gold with denominations of 100 and 1,000 kroner were launched Monday by Danmarks Nationalbank.
The reverse or tails side of each were sculpted by Professor Morten Straede who described the design Monday in a Royal Danish Mint press release: Read the rest of this entry »
