Greenland 1960-CS krone

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from the Stack's Bowers 2020 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71006
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This specimen was lot 71006 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, February 2020), where it sold for $75. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREENLAND. Krone, 1960. NGC MS-67. Issued by the Royal Greenland Company. A brilliant and lustrous coin with light toning." This design was first used on the aluminum bronze krone (KM 10) struck in 1957. This type (KM 10a) is copper-nickel and was struck 1960 and 1964. The SCWC notes that all Greenlander coins were withdrawn in 1967 and replaced with Danish coins.

Recorded mintage: 108,500.

Specification: copper-nickel, 27.3 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-10a.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The February 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

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