Country: DENMARK
Denomination: 20 Kroner "The Ram - Vaedderen"
Year / Date of issue: 25 April 2007
Danmarks Nationalbank issued the first coin in a new series of 20 Kroner coins with ships as their common theme. To mark the return of the Galathea 3 Expedition to Denmark, the first coin in the series has the surveillance vessel Vædderen (the Ram) as its motif.
Type: Thematic coin - the first coin in the Ship series.
Vædderen has been circumnavigating the Earth on the third Galathea Expedition since August 2006 and arrived to the dock at Langelinie in the Port of Copenhagen on 25 April 2007. Galathea 3 is the largest Danish research expedition in more than 50 years and its objective is to promote Danish research.
Grade : Uncirculated
Composition: Aluminium-Bronze
Weight: 9.30 g
Diameter: Ø 27 mm
Thickness: 2,35 mm
Catalog no.: KM# 921
Reference: Standard catalog of World Coins (Krause-Mishler)
Disclaimer: Pictured coins are for reference only. You will receive a similar coin in UNC condition.