Greenland
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Greenland is Denmark's large mostly ice-covered island.
It's emblem is the polar bear.
Some coins from Greenland.
Greenland 50 Ore 1926
Aluminum-bronze, 21 mm, 3.6 gm
Greenland 1 Krone 1926
Aluminum-bronze, 27 mm, 7.4 gm
Greenland 5 Kroner 1944
Brass, 31 mm, 13.5 gm
Greenland 1 Krone 1957
Aluminum-bronze, 27 mm, 7.4 gm
Greenland 1 Krone 1960
Copper-nickel, 27 mm, 7.6 gm
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Greenland, the new US colony
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On 30 May of this year, I was on a commercial airliner going from Heathrow to O'Hare (an uncommon event in my life). Although we had headed out over Ireland, I was totally amazed that we over flew Greenland for almost fifteen to twenty minutes! It was afternoon, I had a window seat, and I had a great view. We were also way north in Canada too that time.
Maybe about 2005 I was on a commercial plane that got very close to Greenland, but I am pretty certain we missed it by something less than one hundred miles. It was nighttime too on that earlier flight.
So now I have been looking at Greenland coins (I do already have two of the Denmark silver coins with the Greenland map, dating from the early 1950s). Haven't pulled the trigger yet.
When considering Greenland coins, also consider the mining settlement tokens, which are not only interesting numismatic items in their own right, but commemorate Greendland's greatest contribution to the world: cryolite, from the Ivigtut cryolite mine. Cryolite is essential for aluminium refining and Greenland's the only place on Earth where they've found it in minable quantity. If it were not for Ivigtut, aluminium would probably still be a rare and exotic metal.
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Ahh! Something new and different to watch for in the scrum. Cryolite, now I have to read up. Peace Roy
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The Greenland tokens in my collection:
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It would be a territory, like the US Virgin Islands (f.k.a. Danish West Indies), which would mean new ATB and/or state quarters to further screw up your Danscos.
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Following World War II, the United States developed a geopolitical interest in Greenland, and in 1946 the United States offered to buy Greenland from Denmark for $100,000,000, but Denmark refused to sell. the price tag now would be several billion
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Like the Thor's hammer on those silver? scrip tokens. Peace Roy
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More modern tokens, come in a variety of weights and IIRC were from the 1960s. No a 'coin' at all though, just a token.
A footnote:
The Greenland 1944 5 kroner coin was struck at the Philadelphia Mint for US servicemen stationed there and was worth US $1.00 at the time.
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