page_title: Greenlandic krone
section_title: Coins
hierarchical_section_title: Greenlandic krone / Coins
caption_attribution_description: English: Greenlandic aluminium-bronze 50 øre from 1926.
context_page_description: The Greenlandic krone was a planned currency for Greenland, plans of which were abandoned in 2009. The same name is often used for currency issued during Greenland's time as a Danish colony. The name krone is derived from the Danish krone, introduced in an 1873 currency reform that replaced Danish mark and skilling.
  Currently, the Danish krone circulates in Greenland. The Greenland krone was not intended to be an independent currency but a version of the Danish krone. Consequently, it was not intended to have its own ISO 4217 currency code, but to use the same ISO 4217 code as the Danish krone, which is DKK. Even if the currency had been adopted, the Danish krone would have continued to circulate separately.
context_section_description: In 1926, cupronickel 25 øre and aluminium-bronze 50 øre and 1 krone were issued. The coins were the same size and composition as the corresponding Danish coins. However, the 25 øre was not holed, although some were withdrawn from circulation, holed and then reissued. In 1944, brass 5-kroner coins, produced by the Philadelphia Mint in the United States, were issued. A second issue of aluminium-bronze 1 krone was made in 1957, followed by cupronickel versions in 1960 and 1964.
  A related foreign issue is the 2-kroner coin that Denmark minted in 1953. To commemorate the start of an anti-tuberculosis campaign in Greenland, 200,000 pieces were struck.  On the obverse are profiles of the Danish king and queen.  The reverse shows a map of the island with the native name, Kalåtdlit Nunat, above it.  The coin is considered part of the Danish krone series of mintages.
caption: Greenlandic aluminium-bronze 50 øre coin from 1926.
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