Norway 1908 ore
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This specimen was lot 11194 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €105 (about US$110). The catalog description[1] noted, "NORWAY. 1 Øre, 1908. Kongsberg Mint. Haakon VII. NGC MS-63 Brown. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck in large numbers 1908-15, 1921-41, 1946-52 and the later dates are very common. This one is somewhat scarce.
Recorded mintage: 1,450,000.
Specification: 2 g, bronze, 16 mm diameter, plain edge.
Catalog reference: KM-367; Sieg-3; NM-222; Bruun-11137.
- 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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