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 Posted 11/20/2006  11:41 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add neuron to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Would someone do me a huge favor and let me know the composition of the following Greenland coins? Thanks in advance!

1 KRONA (1940)
2 KRONUR (1929)

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 Posted 11/21/2006  02:13 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Are ye sure ye've got Greenland coins? According to Krause, no 1 krone coins were issued in 1940, and no 2 kroner coins at all.

Is that the "correct" spelling, as it appears on the coin? If so, then those coins are likely Iceland, not Greenland.

The Iceland 1 krona 1940 is listed as "aluminium-bronze", the 2 kronur 1929 likewise.
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Hmmm... good question. I was assuming they were from Greenland because that's what I was told. They actually say "Island Krona" (1940) and "Island Kronur" (1929). On the other side (not sure which is obverse and which is reverse on these) there is a shield with a cross in the middle and a "Cx" to the left of the shield and a "R" to the right. A crown sits atop the shield. Thanks again for your help!

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 Posted 11/22/2006  12:30 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Yup, that's Iceland. "Island" is "Iceland" in the local language.
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