Norway 1912 25 ore
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This specimen was lot 23447 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Las Vegas, August 2020), where it sold for $720. The catalog description[1] noted, "NORWAY. 25 Ore, 1912. PCGS MS-65 Gold Shield. An immaculately preserved example of this key date with brilliant or softly toned centers and legends that exhibit instances of richer tone. Notable as the single finest example of the issue graded by PCGS to date." This is the key date of a type struck 1909-19. The denomination was converted to copper-nickel in 1921 and struck in that metal until 1982.
Recorded mintage: 200,000.
Specification: 2.42 g, 0.600 fine silver, 17 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-373.
- Aamlid, J. O., B. Ahlström, K Jonsson and G. Thesen, Norges Mynter fra 995-1992, Stockholm: Numismatika Bokförlaget AB, 1991.
- Thesen, Gunnar, Georg Klammt and Eirik Mye, Norges Mynter, perioden 1814-2023, Oslo: Nordfrim Norge, 2023.
- 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 August 2020 ANA Auction: World Coins, featuring the Duke of Lansing Collection, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
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