The krone is the official currency of Denmark as well as the provinces of Greenland and the Faroe Islands. The local currency is denoted as "kr", as in kr, meaning kroner plural. First introduced in , the Danish krone was minted in honor of and by the Danish crown, as "crown" is the literal translation of krone. At this time, Denmark replaced the former Danish rigsdale r with the Danish krone as its official currency and tied the krone to the gold standard.
As modern international trade grew, the demand for a paper currency grew. Denmark created the second Danish krone as part of the dissolution of the country's participation in the Scandinavian Monetary Union with Sweden and Norway. The union dissolved in , and the three participating countries chose to keep their currencies.
The krone was pegged to the German Reichsmark mark briefly, then to the British pound , and later to the German Deutschmark. DKK is currently pegged to the euro at 7. Banknote denominations in circulation today include 50, , , , and 1, kroner. Coins include half-a-krone, one, two, five, 10, and 20 kroner.
Despite the long-term participation of Denmark in the European Community, the Danish people have earned a reputation for being relatively skeptical of the now European Union as the result of failed referendums related to increased integration into the European community. In , the population voted not to replace the krone with the euro.
The first failed referendum took place in when Danish voters rejected a referendum on the Maastricht Treaty , one of the two treaties that form the constitutional basis for the European Union. After the failure of the referendum, amendments to the treaty satisfied some Danish concerns, and a second referendum ratified it in But skepticism of the euro has lived on in Denmark, even after it joined the EU.
On the 28th of September , It pegs to the Euro at a ratio of 7. Despite Danish attachment to their currency, independent analyses have argued that Denmark is a de facto user of the euro since the National Bank of Denmark tracks European Central Bank policy so closely.
Former Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen has characterized this status as being a part of the eurozone without having a seat at the decision-making table. According to World Bank data, Denmark experienced a 0. Denmark exports more than it imports, with major exports including machinery, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals. If the rate is 7.
These rates are useful if exchanging currency. You can discover them all by heading over to Banco Denmark's National Bank. Due to internal regulations, the maximum amount that can be exchanged is CHF You are here: Home currencies of the world danish krone The currency of Denmark.
Denmark later returned to the gold standard in but left it permanently in Between and , the krone was pegged to the German Reichsmark until the end of the German occupation. Interesting facts about the Danish krone: The Danish krone is also the official currency of Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
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The Faroe Islands use Faroese krona as their official currency while Danish krone is widely accepted. Faroese krona is officially the same currency as Danish krone.
It is a version of the Danish krone and pegged with Danish krone at par. Faroese krona is issued by the Danish National Bank and can be exchanged with Danish kroner free of charge.
However, only very few Danish stores will accept Faroese notes. As a result, the Faroe Islands people are often advised to exchange their Faroese krona cash to Danish krone if they are travelling to Denmark. The union provided a free circulation of the monetary. However, Denmark has not introduced the euro since Danish people rejected the euro by referendum in and The designs of Danish krone coins are easily to be distinguishes from each other.
There are six denominations of the krone coins and are grouped with three sequences. The highest denominations coins of and krone are the third sequence. The three sequences each has its own metal colour, size, weight and rim, and even the kr1, kr2, kr5 coins have a hole in middle.
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