Crown (currency)
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A crown is a unit of currency used in Norway, Sweden, Denmark (including the Faroe Islands and Greenland), Iceland, and the Czech Republic.
Alternative names
[edit]"Crown", or its equivalent in other languages, is derived from the Latin word corona. The symbol for crown is usually "kr". Some countries use another symbol for it like Íkr, -, Kč.[citation needed]
The local name for "crown" depends on the official language of the country.[citation needed]
Current use
[edit]- Czech: koruna
- Norwegian and Danish: krone
- Icelandic and Faroese: króna
- Swedish: krona
- Greenlandic: koruuni
- Northern Sami: ruvdna
Historical use
[edit]- Estonian: kroon
- German: Krone (capital letter k)
- Hungarian: korona
- Slovak: koruna
Current use of a currency called crown
[edit]| Country | Currency | Period | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Czech Republic
|
Czech koruna | 1993–present | Replaced Czechoslovak koruna. | |
 Denmark
|
Danish krone | 1873–present | Replaced Danish rigsdaler | |
 Faroe Islands
|
Faroese króna | 1949–present | Form of Danish krone. | |
 Greenland
|
Greenlandic koruuni | 2008–present | Form of Danish krone. | |
 Iceland
|
Icelandic króna | 1922–present | Replaced Danish krone. | |
 Norway
|
Norwegian krone | 1875–present | Replaced Norwegian speciedaler. | [1] |
 Sweden
|
Swedish krona | 1873–present | Replaced Swedish riksdaler | [1] |
Historical use of a currency called crown
[edit]| Country | Currency | Period | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Austria
|
Austrian krone | 1918–1925 | Replaced by Austrian schilling. | |
 Austrian Netherlands
|
Austrian Netherlands kronenthaler | 1755–1794 | Replaced by the French franc | |
 Austria-Hungary
|
Austro-Hungarian krone | 1892–1918 | Replaced by Austrian krone and Hungarian korona. | |
 Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
|
Bohemian and Moravian koruna | 1939–1945 | Replaced by Czechoslovak koruna. | |
| Czechoslovakia
|
Czechoslovak koruna | 1919–1939; 1945–1993 | Replaced by Czech koruna and Slovak koruna. | [2] |
 Estonia
|
Estonian kroon | 1928–1940; 1992–2011 | Soviet rouble used in-between. Replaced by euro. | |
 Free State of Fiume
|
Fiume krone | 1919–1920 | Replaced by Italian Lira | |
 Hungary
|
Hungarian korona | 1919–1926 | Abandoned due to inflation. Replaced by Hungarian pengő. | |
 Liechtenstein
|
Liechtenstein krone | 1898–1921 | Replaced by Liechtenstein franc | |
 Slovakia
|
Slovak koruna | 1939–1945; 1993–2008 | Replaced by euro. | |
 Kingdom of Yugoslavia
|
Yugoslav krone | 1918–1920 | Replaced by Yugoslav dinar |
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b Wigglesworth, Robin (27 August 2024). "The krone conundrum: Welcome to the crown show". FT.com. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
- ^ Kirchner, Jonathan (2020). Currency and Coercion: The Political Economy of International Monetary Power. Princeton University Press. pp. 246–247. ISBN 9780691222226.
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