Norway 1927 krone

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Heritage sale 3026, lot 25416
photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 25416 in Heritage sale 3026 (Long Beach, October 2013), where it sold for $881.25. The catalog description[1] noted, "Haakon VII Krone 1927, MS64 NGC, a choice and fully original example of this scarce date." The silver krone and two kroner were terminated in 1917 and the silver twenty-five and fifty ore in 1919. When coinage of the krone resumed in 1925, it was with this copper-nickel type with a hole. It was struck 1925-27, 1936-40, 1946-51 with the early dates being quite scarce in nice condition.

Recorded mintage: 1,000,000.

Specifications: 7 g, copper-nickel, 25 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 385.

Sources:

  • 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]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and Scott Cordry, Heritage Signature Auction 3026, World & Ancient Coins, featuring the RLM Collection, Part Two, the Nogales Collection and the Goetz Medals Die Archive, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.

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