The silver coin of Svend Tveskæg (Sweyn Forkbeard) from around 995 is the oldest Danish coin bearing the name of king and country. Production was limited to 20,000 coins at very most. King Svend did not mint coins to raise money, but rather to show that he and his country were part of Europe's elite. The coins were minted according to Anglo-Saxon traditions, possibly because the mint master, Godwine, was Anglo-Saxon, and also because the Vikings had close relations with England as rulers of Danelaw.
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First Danish coins
