Norway 1919 5 ore

from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 11192

This specimen was lot 11192 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €336 (about US$350). The catalog description^[1] noted, "NORWAY. 5 Øre, 1919. Kongsberg Mint. Haakon VII. NGC MS-62. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type was struck 1917-20. The iron composition was a wartime expedient although Norway was neutral during World War One. This is a common date but rare in choice condition.

Recorded mintage: 3,464,000.

Specification: 6.69 g, iron or steel, 27 mm diameter, plain edge.

Catalog reference: KM-368a; Sieg-119; NM-153; Bruun-11132.

Source:

• 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.

Links to:

• 1917 krone
• 1917 2 kroner
• 1918 øre, struck in iron
• 1918 2 øre, struck in iron
• 1918 5 øre, struck in iron
• 1923 25 øre
• 1923 50 øre
• 1937 5 øre
• Coins and currency dated 1919