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Danish krone

The krone (Danish: [??k????o??n??]; plural: kroner; sign: kr.; code: DKK) is the official currency of Denmark, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands, introduced on 1 January 1875. Both the ISO code "DKK" and currency sign "kr." are in common use; the former precedes the value, the latter in some contexts follows it. The currency is sometimes referred to as the Danish crown in English, since krone literally means crown. Krone coins have been minted in Denmark since the 17th century. One krone is subdivided into 100 ??re (Danish pronunciation: [????????]; singular and plural), the name ??re is probably derived from the Latin word for gold. Altogether there are eleven denominations of the krone, with the smallest being the 50 ??re coin (one half of a krone). Formerly there were more ??re coins, but those were discontinued...

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