Iceland
Iceland, an island in the north Atlantic Ocean, was settled by Vikings and their (mostly Irish) slaves in the late Dark Ages. It fell under Norwegian and then Danish domination during the Middle Ages and was forcibly Lutheranized in the late 1500's. Deforestation, climate deterioration and volcanic eruptions imposed severe hardships and by the mid 19th century the population had declined to 70,000. Many Icelanders emigrated to the United States and Canada. Iceland was granted home rule by the Danish crown in 1874 and complete independence in 1918, but remained part of the Danish monarchy. In 1940, Denmark was occupied by the Nazis and British troops occupied Iceland. The occupation was turned over to American troops in 1941 and in 1944, Icelanders voted to sever all ties with Denmark, becoming a republic. With the end of World War Two, American troops withdrew. In 1949, Iceland joined NATO and participated in the Marshall Plan, bringing aid to a desperately underdeveloped country. Today, Iceland is free, stable and prosperous.
kingdom (1918-44)
one eyrir
two aurar
- 1926-HCN 2 aurar
- 1931-N 2 aurar
- 1938-N 2 aurar
- 1940-N 2 aurar, Copenhagen issue
- 1940 2 aurar, London issue
- 1942 2 aurar
five aurar
ten aurar
- 1922-HCN 10 aurar
- 1923-HCN 10 aurar
- 1925-HCN 10 aurar
- 1929-N 10 aurar
- 1933-N 10 aurar
- 1936-N 10 aurar
- 1939-N 10 aurar
- 1940 10 aurar, London issue
- 1942 10 aurar
twenty-five aurar
- 1922-HCN 25 aurar
- 1923-HCN 25 aurar
- 1925-HCN 25 aurar
- 1933-N 25 aurar
- 1937-N 25 aurar
- 1940 25 aurar
- 1942 25 aurar
one krona
two kronur
republic (since 1944)
one eyrir
five aurar
- 1946 5 aurar
- 1958 5 aurar
- 1959 5 aurar
- 1960 5 aurar
- 1961 5 aurar
- 1963 5 aurar
- 1965 5 aurar
- 1966 5 aurar
ten aurar
- 1946 10 aurar
- 1953 10 aurar
- 1957 10 aurar
- 1958 10 aurar
- 1959 10 aurar
- 1960 10 aurar
- 1961 10 aurar
- 1962 10 aurar
- 1963 10 aurar
- 1965 10 aurar
- 1966 10 aurar
- 1967 10 aurar
- 1969 10 aurar
- 1970 10 aurar, aluminum
- 1971 10 aurar
- 1973 10 aurar
- 1974 10 aurar
twenty-five aurar
- 1946 25 aurar
- 1951 25 aurar
- 1954 25 aurar
- 1957 25 aurar
- 1958 25 aurar
- 1959 25 aurar
- 1960 25 aurar
- 1961 25 aurar
- 1962 25 aurar
- 1963 25 aurar
- 1965 25 aurar
- 1966 25 aurar
- 1967 25 aurar
one krona
- Iceland 1946 krona
- Iceland 1957 krona
- Iceland 1959 krona
- Iceland 1961 krona
- Iceland 1962 krona
- Iceland 1963 krona
- Iceland 1965 krona
- Iceland 1966 krona
- Iceland 1969 krona
- Iceland 1970 krona
- Iceland 1971 krona
- 1973 krona
- 1974 krona
- 1975 krona
- 1977 krona
two kronur
five kronur
- 1971 5 kronur
- 1973 5 kronur
- 1974 5 kronur
- 1977 5 kronur
- 1977 10 kronur
- 1971 50 kronur
- 1977 50 kronur
- Iceland 1961 500 kronur Jon Sigurdsson
- 874-1974 1100 Years 500 kronur
- 874-1974 1100 Years 1000 kronur
- 874-1974 1100 Years 10000 kronur
reform coinage (since 1981)
- 1981 5 aurar
- 1981 10 aurar
- 1981 50 aurar
- 1981 krona
- 1992 krona
- 1996 krona
- 2003 krona
- 2007 krona
- 1981 5 kronur
- 1987 10 kronur
- 2008 10 kronur
- 1987 50 kronur
- 1992 50 kronur
- 2001 50 kronur
- 2005 50 kronur
- 2004 100 kronur
- 2011 100 kronur
- Iceland 1986 500 Kr
- Iceland 2000 1000 kronur Leif Ericson
- 2000 10,000 kronur, millennium of Christianization