Norway 1942 50 ore KM-393
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This specimen was lot 72675 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2019), where it sold for $384. The catalog description[1] noted, "NORWAY. Nickel-Brass 50 Ore, 1942. London Mint. PCGS MS-63 Gold Shield. A RARE issue, with all but 9,236 piece from the original mintage melted. Struck in London while the government was exile during World War II." This issue, along with a ten øre (KM 391) and a 25 øre (KM 392), was minted in London for the government in exile but never issued. The Nazis issued a zinc fifty ore 1941-45 (KM 390).
Recorded mintage: 1,600,000.
Specification: 4.8 g, nickel brass, 22 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-393.
- 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 October 2019 Collector's Choice Sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.
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