Norway 1907 2 kroner KM-366
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This specimen was lot 11190 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €900 (about US$938). The catalog description[1] noted, "NORWAY. 2 Kroner, 1907. Kongsberg Mint. Haakon VII. NGC MS-61. Crossed Rifles variation - issued in low quantities to the border guards of 1905 on the secession from Sweden. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This Border Watch commemorative was issued with (KM 366) or without (KM 365) rifles added to the reverse. The first obtains a premium.
Recorded mintage: 27,500 plus 54,600 of KM 365.
Specification: 15 g, 0.800 fine silver, 31 mm diameter, reeded edge.
Catalog reference: KM-366; Sieg-71; NM-5; Bruun-11120.
- Aamlid, J. O., B. Ahlström, K Jonsson and G. Thesen, Norges Mynter fra 995-1992, Stockholm: Numismatika Bokförlaget AB, 1991.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Thesen, Gunnar, Georg Klammt and Eirik Mye, Norges Mynter, perioden 1814-2023, Oslo: Nordfrim Norge, 2023.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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