Norway 1942 50 ore KM-393

Stack's Bowers 2019 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72675

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.

Source:

• 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.

Link to:

• 1936 krone
• 1942 10 øre, government in exile
• Coins and currency dated 1942