Øre (plural ''øre'', , ) is the centesimal subdivision of the
Danish and
Norwegian krone
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. The
Faroese division is called the ''oyra'', but is equal in value to the Danish coin. Before their discontinuation, the corresponding divisions of the
Swedish krona
The krona (; plural: ''kronor''; sign: kr; code: SEK) is the currency of Sweden. Both the ISO code "SEK" and currency sign "kr" are in common use for the krona; the former precedes or follows the value, the latter usually follows it but, espec ...
and the
Icelandic króna
The króna () or krona (sometimes called Icelandic crown; currency sign, sign: kr; ISO 4217, code: ISK) is the currency of Iceland.
One króna was formerly divided into 100 eyrir (plural "aurar").
Name
Like the other Nordic countries, Nordic ...
were the
öre and the
eyrir, respectively. The name ''øre/öre'' derives from Latin ''
aureus'' "
gold
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en".
The Norwegian 10-øre coin was deprecated on 23 February 1992 and ceased to be legal tender in 1993. From then on, the only Norwegian coin in use with a value below NOK 1 was the 50-øre coin, which was also deprecated on 1 May 2012. The original value were the 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, and 50-øre coins.
The Danish
25 øre coin ceased to be legal tender on 1 October 2008.
The only Danish coin currently in use with a value below DKr 1 is the
50 øre.
See also
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Heller (money)
The ''Heller'', abbreviation ''hlr'', was a coin, originally valued at half a pfennig, that was issued in Switzerland and various states of the Holy Roman Empire, surviving in some European countries until the 20th century.
It was first recorded ...
(subdivision of
Czech and
Slovak crowns)
*
Fillér (subdivision of
Hungarian forint
The forint (, sign Ft; code HUF) is the currency of Hungary. It was formerly divided into 100 fillér, but fillér coins are no longer in circulation. The introduction of the forint on 1 August 1946 was a crucial step in the post-World War II s ...
)
* Other coin names that are derived from the gold of which they were once made:
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Florin
**
Öre
Öre () is the centesimal subdivision of the Swedish krona. In the Swedish language, the plural of ''öre'' is either ''öre'' (indefinite) or ''ören'' (definitive).
The name ''öre'' derives from the Latin word ''aereus/aurum'', meaning gold
...
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Guilder
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ZÅ‚oty
References
Currencies of the Kingdom of Denmark
Currencies of Norway
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