Currency Today : Denmark 3

Next on the list on danish banknotes, is a 200 DKK-note.

The front side shows us a bridge once more. The bridge in the image is the Knippel's Bridge
"Knippelsbro" is a bascule bridge across the Inner Harbour of Copenhagen, Denmark, connecting Børsgade on Zealand-side Slotsholmen to Torvegade on Christianshavn.

200 BKK (€ 27)

The history of the bridge dates back to 1620! After several wooden bridges, the current bridge (the sixth one), was originally known as Store Amager Bro (English: Great Amager Bridge) or Langebro (English: Long Bridge).

Knippelsbro by Janus Ridter

From around 1700 Christianshavns Bro (English: Christianshavn's Bridge) is seen. The current name stems from Hans Knip who became bridge caretaker in 1641, in charge of operating the bridge and collecting tolls from passing ships. His house became known as Knippenshus and during the 17th century the bridge became known as Knippensbro. And although this last name was never adapted officially, the bridge is known as the Knippel's bridge now.

Knippelsbro now

Further on the front side of the note, we see a holograpic image of a shield. As the image is not that clear, we have to look on the reverse side of the banknote, to see what it is about.

holograpic image of a shield - 200 DKK

It is an image of the Langstrup belt plate, a piece of decoration from the early Bronze Age (1400 BC).

Langstrup Belt Plate - 200 DKK

The Langstrup belt plate was found before 1880 together with a bronze knife and spiral
bangles. The decoration is composed by circular grooves and spirals, stamped probably by means of some standard punches into wax model before casting. Belt plates were worn by women on the front of their belts.

A detail of the decoration

The numbers are the turns of the spiral, counted at two different radial directions. The roman number gives the corresponding annulus. 

"It has, apart from the point, four zones with 15+22+26+32 = 95 spirals in all. Still, a numerical pattern does not seem to emerge. However, if one … multiplies by the number of the factor of the zones, the sum of the spirals turns out to be 15×1+22×2+26×3+32×4 = 265, or exactly the number of days in 9 months of the Moon-year (265½), or, incidentally, also the length of the average human period of pregnancy... 

Going one step further, and again multiplying with the zonal factors, but now incorporating the point of the Langstrup belt-plate as Factor 1 (but with the value of 0), a sum of 0×1+15×2+22×3+26×4+32×5 = 360 appears." 

Available: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325039515_Number_p_from_the_Decorations_of_Ancient_Artifacts.

reverse side of 200 DKK

Location of the Knippelsbro and the Langstrup belt-plate

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