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I picked this coin up for $2.50 from a coin show yesterday:  It was labeled as the 1939/6 variety. Can anyone verify this? The two nines certainly look different.  Also, I'm thinking that the wear on the crown keeps this coin from being XF. Would that be a correct assumption? |
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Thats a nice coin.
I like the design.
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The nines look a little different to me too. Comparing to a 1936, I think that little leg above the 9 could be the end stroke of the 6--not sure here since I don't know what to expect on the markers--anybody else? The details look a bit flattened for an XF; perhaps more of a VF+?  Either way--nice coin for the price!  Edited by KurtS
09/01/2008 1:35 pm
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I think that protrusion sticking out of the top of the nine definatley looks like the tip of a six. That is very neat!
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Hi Snowman I am a collector of Icelandic coins and what you have is a 1939 over 6 10 Aurar depending on the conition you can see some of the six in the lower left side of the 9. if you have any other questions about icelandic coin drop me a line. I hope I was some help.
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Glad that someone here knows for sure. |
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Thanks for confirming that for me norseman12! Information on foreign coin varieties can be difficult to come by.
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 I'm all to happy to help and the reason why the 9 in 39 is diffrent from the first 9 is becauce the Copenhagen mint in Denmark produced a bunch of die's without the last two digit's of the date and when it came time to strike more coins they engraved the last two digits for the year that they resume production. you will see this with all the coins denmark minted for Iceland between 1922-1940. and in the later half of 1940 or somewhere about, England's Royal Mint took over and the coin dates was much more consistant and uniform in apprearance. You all have a great coin collecting day. |
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nice VF 9 over 6. the price is about normal. not sure what Krause has it listed for in to 2009 book, but that seems about right. glad to see others are collecting Iceland. I started in the hobby with Iceland and have a decent collection. the cool thing about the Icelandic coins - prior to 1940, the total mintage figures are very low and are more rare than the 1909 VDB S Lincoln Cent. for more information on Icelandic coins, check out this history from the Central Bank of Iceland http://www.sedlabanki.is/uploads/fi...fIceland.pdf |
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Very informative norseman012, thanks for the info. Nice coin snowman, Thanks for sharing |
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Hi Asciibaron this is the only way I can reach you CCF wouldn't allow me to email you because I don't have enough posts I would like to talk to you about Icelandic coin there are not many people around collecting Icelandic coins you can probably email me I updated my profile to include my contact info
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