The reverse featured the coat of arms of Denmark with the denomination written underneath.

[5] It measured 25.5 millimetres (1.00 in) in diameter and 1.8 mm in thickness, and weighed 6.5 grams (0.23 oz).

[6] In 1942 the portrait of the King and his title returned to the obverse, and the reverse featured wheat.

The present-day design of the coin was first minted in 1992 and introduced into circulation on 26 January 1993.

[11] The Queen's monogram and the crown decorate the obverse in a pattern around a central hole,[12] and the reverse is based on pre-historic Danish art.