Danish Krones

While talking to my brother, he asked what does the money look like? Then I thought other people might be interested in what Danish Krones look like. Typically a Danish krone is about 18 US cents or about 5.5 Danish krones equal a US dollar.

Unlike US dollars,  Danish krones paper bills come in different colors and sizes, at first I thought having bills in different colors and sizes was odd but I discovered that have different colors does make sorting my cash easier.

 I have also seen Danish krones paper bills in 1000 kr. and 50 kr.  I am not sure if there are paper bills larger than 1000 kr because I have seen anything larger then 1000kr.  I did not have any other bills in my wallet when I took these pictures.

You can also see that the other side of the bills have different image on the papers bills, however I do not know what the images on the paper bills are.

When I first arrived in Denmark it was really difficult for me to figure out which Danish coin was which because the 20 kr and 10 kr look very similar AND the 5 kr and 2 kr look very similar.

In this picture the top row is the Danish coins in this order: 20kr, 5kr, 2kr, 1kr and then 50 øre (.5kr). The gap between the 20kr and the 5kr is where the 10kr is supposed to me but I did not have one when I took this picture. The second row is the US coins I still had in this order: quarter, penny and a dime. I just wanted to show the Danish coins next to the US coins for a size comparison. 

20 krone coin next to a quarter for size comparison.

10 krone coin next to a quarter.

5 krone coin with a quarter.

2 krone coin with a quarter.

1 krone coin, Penny, 50 øre (.5 kr)

Recently a friend of my noticed that she had a special issue coin, she told me the history behind the coin. This particular coin was designed by Queen Margrethe II for her 25 wedding anniversary to Prince Henrik in 1992.

This is the coin design done by Queen Margrethe II. You can see the 25 in the heart above the door. I am not sure what the house, door, sun and moon are supposed to represent.

Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik

I hope everyone has a great Easter and enjoy the spring weather!! Thank you for your love and support.

Ouch........

So many of my family members know I have been sending letters and cards to family back in the United States.  Since I moved here the price for stamps to send letters has been 9.5 krones (~$1.75).

 But now the price for stamps has increased to 13 kr (~$2.37). 

The price increased by 3.5 krones (~$0.65).  After going through such a huge increase in price those 4 cent stamp increases do not seem so bad.