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Valued Member
Ireland
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I have some 25 ore coins dated from the 1960's. They have " Danmark " on them, although I am sure the ore is from Sweden.
Can anyone explain why "Danmark" is on there.
Many thanks,
Sheen
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Danmark is simply the Danish word for their nation. Nearly all coins bearing "Danmark" were minted there, although some Norwegian coins from Kongsberg say "Dansk" or "Danske" when Norway was a territory of Denmark.  |
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 United States
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Yep, my wife is from Denmark. Learning the language. Pretty tough but I'm getting there :-)
swcoin.ecrater.com
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Ore was/is not exclusive Swedish (Sverige). Other countries with this denomination:
Denmark (Danmark)
Faeroe Islands (Føroyar or Færøerne)
Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat or Grønland)
Iceland (Ísland)
Norway (Norge)
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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If we're going to be accurate about it, they are different spellings.
Sverige: -re
Danmark, Norge, Grønland: Øre
Føroyar: Oyru
Ísland: Eyrir
Edited by DVCollector
05/13/2012 02:35 am
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Pillar of the Community
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Just like finaland calls itself Suomi or Suomiland.
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Pillar of the Community
Norway
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Quote:
Føroyar: Oyru
Iceland: Aurar
DVCollector, where have you got the "Oyru"-information from? All my books use "Øre" for Færoyar (or "Færøyene"). I thought also I shold mention "Aurar" is plural. One eyrir, two aurar. |
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United States
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Litotes, thanks for the correction. You're correct, I should have used Eyrir. As for the Oyru, I ran across the word on some "trial strikes" I don't know Faeroese; I just assumed it was their word.   |
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Norway
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DVCollector, you are probably right in that this is what they would call their own coins. However, they have yet to make any - save the trial strikes. Instead they use Danish coins. A few of these have been minted especially for them, then with "Øre" given on the coins. These are very similar indeed to the proper Danish coins of the period. I have one of these for my OFEC-collection.
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Valued Member
 Ireland
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Many thanks everyone for the replies. I've only been coin collecting for a couple of months and have found the most help I have received is from this forum.
Thanks.
Sheen
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