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<p>This page contains material from http://www.coinfactswiki.com/wiki/Iceland_1959_5_aurar</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Image:Iceland 1959 5 aurar obv GH.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Berserker Collection]]<br /> [[Image:Iceland 1959 5 aurar rev GH.jpg|300px|thumb]]<br /> <br /> This coin was struck for Iceland in 1946-66, likely at the London mint. An earlier type (KM 7.1-7.2) was struck at the Copenhagen mint 1926-39 and bears the heart mintmark. In 1940, as Nazi troops occupied [[Denmark]], American troops occupied [[Iceland]]. In 1944, a vote was held and Iceland declared independence from Denmark and became a republic. The main event of the fifties in Iceland was the &quot;Cod War,&quot; a dispute with Britain over fishing rights near Iceland's shores. This date is common. The plural of ''eyrir'' is ''aurar'' and 100 ''aurar'' = one ''krona''.<br /> <br /> ''Recorded mintage:'' 600,000.<br /> <br /> ''Specification:'' 6.08 g, bronze.<br /> <br /> ''Catalog reference:'' KM 9.<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 1958 5 aurar|1958 5 aurar]]<br /> * [[Iceland 1959 eyrir|1959 eyrir]]<br /> * [[Iceland 1959 25 aurar|1959 25 aurar]]<br /> * [[Iceland 1959 krona|1959 krona]]<br /> * [[Iceland 1960 5 aurar|1960 5 aurar]]<br /> * [[Coins and currency dated 1959]]<br /> * return to coins of [[Iceland]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Selections from the Berserker Collection]]</div>

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