Krone

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Contents 1 General 2 Currency 3 See also

Krone (the cognate of "Crown") may refer to:

[edit] General

• Crown (literal translation)
• Krone GmbH, a German telephone and telecommunications manufacturer founded in 1928 (aka ADC Krone), acquired by ADC Telecommunications in 2004
• Krone an der Brahe, the German name for Koronowo, Poland
• Diu Crône, a medieval poem
• Kronen Zeitung, an Austrian tabloid
• Julie Krone, American jockey

[edit] Currency

The practice of using "Crown"/"Krone" as the name of a currency developed from coins often bearing the picture of a monarch. However, the name is currently used also for the currency of Republics.

• Norwegian krone, the currency of Norway
• Danish krone, the currency of Denmark
• Icelandic króna, the currency of Iceland
• Swedish krona, the currency of Sweden
• Austro-Hungarian krone, the currency of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1892
• Yugoslav krone, a currency of the former Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes

Currencies that also mean crown:

• Czech koruna, the currency of the Czech Republic
• Estonian kroon, the currency of Estonia

[edit] See also

• Krona
• Koruna
• Crown (coin)

v • d • e Currencies named Crowns or similar Circulating Czech koruna  · Danish krone  · Estonian kroon  · Faroese króna  · Icelandic króna · Norwegian krone  · Swedish krona Obsolete Austrian krone  · Austrian Netherlands kronenthaler  · Austro-Hungarian krone  · Bohemian and Moravian koruna  · Czechoslovak koruna  · Greenlandic krone  · Hungarian korona  · Liechtenstein krone  · Slovak koruna  · Yugoslav krone As a denomination British crown · Kronenthaler

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