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<p>This page contains material from http://www.coinfactswiki.com/wiki/Iceland_1940_5_aurar</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Image:Iceland 1940 5 aurar obv GH.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Berserker Collection]]<br /> [[Image:Iceland 1940 5 aurar rev GH.jpg|300px|thumb]]<br /> <br /> This coin was struck for Iceland in 1940-42 at the London mint. Previous issues were struck at the Copenhagen mint 1926-39 and bear the [[Iceland 1931-N 5 aurar|heart]] mintmark. In 1940, as Nazi troops occupied [[Denmark]], British troops occupied [[Iceland]]. In 1944, a vote was held and Iceland declared independence from Denmark and became a republic. This date is common. The plural of ''eyrir'' is ''aurar'' and 100 ''aurar'' = one ''krona''.<br /> <br /> ''Recorded mintage:'' 1,000,000.<br /> <br /> ''Specification:'' 6.0 g, bronze.<br /> <br /> ''Catalog reference:'' KM 7.2.<br /> <br /> ''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''<br /> * Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019. <br /> <br /> ''Link to:''<br /> * [[Iceland 1931-N 5 aurar|1931-N 5 aurar]]<br /> * [[Iceland 1940 eyrir|1940 eyrir]]<br /> * [[Iceland 1940 2 aurar]]<br /> * [[Iceland 1940 10 aurar]]<br /> * [[Iceland 1940 krona]]<br /> * [[Iceland 1940 2 kronur]]<br /> * [[Iceland 1942 5 aurar|1942 5 aurar]]<br /> * [[Coins and currency dated 1940]]<br /> * return to coins of [[Iceland]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Selections from the Berserker Collection]]</div>

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