Description
This Danish Little Mermaid coin keychain is made with a silver tone Copenhagen vintage fare token from 1966-1967 and placed on a 25mm pattern steel keyring.
The token is 20.5 mm in diameter. It shows The Little Mermaid sculpture at Copenhagen harbor – Langelinie – on one side, and the text – Københavns Sporveje KS Rabatpolet – on the other side.
The sculpture is based on the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen’s famous fairy tale from 1837 and inspired by a ballet! Read the history about the sculpture here below…
Lovely, unique, quirky as…
* 1960s birthday gift / anniversary gift.
* Vintage souvenir gift from Denmark.
* Gift for someone with Danish heritage or descent.
You get the coin item nicely packed in a handmade box together with a coin info sheet...
...and you will get the actual shown coin.
The keychain length is ~48 mm including:
* Pattern steel keyring – 25 mm.
* Silver toned ring
* Copper-Nickel coin
– weight: 3.2 grams.
– diameter: 20.5 mm.
NOTE: Please read more about the coin in the last of the shown photos!
It is a genuine circulated coin. It may have slight marks and stains and show signs of wear and age.
If you have any questions -
- please don't hesitate to ask!
The history behind the sculpture of "The Little Mermaid" ("Den Lille Havfrue"):
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The Little Mermaid sculpture you see on the coin is a bronze statue on a big granite stone.
It was inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s famous fairytale about a mermaid who gives up everything to be united with a young, handsome prince on land. Every morning and evening she swims to the surface from the bottom of the sea and, perched on her rock in the water, she stares longingly towards the shore hoping to catch a glimpse of her beloved prince.
It was made by sculptor Edvard Eriksen and unveiled 23rd August 1913 in the water at Langelinie Pier as a gift from the Danish brewer Carl Jacobsen to the City of Copenhagen.
Carl Jacobsen fell in love with the character after watching a ballet performance based on the fairy tale at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen. He was so captivated by both the fairy tale and the ballet that he commissioned the sculptor Edvard Eriksen to create a sculpture of the mermaid, inspired by ballerina Ellen Price, who in 1909 danced the lead role in the ballet The Little Mermaid at the Royal Theatre. However, Ellen Price would not model in the nude for sculptor Edvard Eriksen.
Thus Eriksen’s wife, Eline Eriksen, posed for the sculpture of The Little Mermaid.
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