Iceland 1940 krona

from the Berserker Collection

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This coin was struck for Iceland in 1940 at the London mint. An earlier type (KM 3.1) was struck at the Copenhagen mint 1925, 1929 and 1940 and bears the heart mintmark. In 1940, as Nazi troops occupied Denmark, American troops occupied Iceland. In 1944, a vote was held and Iceland declared independence from Denmark and became a republic. This date is common.

Recorded mintage: 715,000.

Specification: aluminum-bronze.

Catalog reference: KM 3.2.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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