Thule-Kap York 1910 100 ore token
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This specimen was lot 75199 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $65. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREENLAND. Thule-Cape York. Aluminum 100 Ore Token, 1910. NGC AU-55." Numista states that these were made in Nuremburg by Münzprägeanstalt L. Chr. Lauer. Other denominations included five, 25 and 500 øre. Five and ten kroner were added in 1932. The town of Thule is still there, providing support for the United States Air Force base there, but has been renamed Qaanaaq.
Recorded mintage: 2,000.
Specifications: 1.3 g, aluminum, 25.5 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-Tn7.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Siegs Møntcatalog 2016: Danmark med Omrader, 48 ed., Frederikssund, Siegs Forlag ApS, 2015.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction: Ancient & World Coins, featuring selections from the Sydney F. Martin Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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