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CladiatorCladiator Posts: 18,065 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Ok...How about we pick a relativley numismatically unknown country once a week and everyone can list absolutely all and any information about the coins of that country they know? Might make for an interesting and informative post eh? Let's start with ICELAND! image Fire away!

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  • CladiatorCladiator Posts: 18,065 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ok, I'll go first. The small "heart" on some Icelandic coins are actually the mintmark signifying that they were minted in Copenhagen!
  • tbirde56tbirde56 Posts: 2,161
    100 aurar = 1 krona
    (singular of aurar = eyrir)
    (plural of krona = kronur)
    Brad Swain

    World Coin & PM Collector
    My Coin Info Pages <> My All Experts Profile
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  • LuvdawgsLuvdawgs Posts: 1,512 ✭
    U.S. and Iceland had a Two Coin Proof Silver Set in 2000. LINK to photo of coins on Ebay, here
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  • farthingfarthing Posts: 3,294 ✭✭✭
    Kingdom till 1944, became a Republic while under German occupation. Monetary reform in 1980/81.

    I have a near complete type set, non-Gold/Medallic Issues (at least up to 2000).
    Missing the Eyrir from 1926-39, the 1966 2Kr thick planchett, the 1986 50 Aurar, the 1984 10Kr with the security edge (error), the 100Kr Lumpfish, the 1986 500Kr (100th Anniv. of Icelandic Banknotes - 2 varieties) and the 1994 3-coin set (50th Anniv. of the Republic). image
    R.I.P. Wayne, Brad
    Collecting:
    Conder tokens
    19th & 20th Century coins from Great Britain and the Realm
  • rhound1977rhound1977 Posts: 2,504
    I lived there for three years, beautiful country, especially from the nature perspective. I witnessed my first volcanic eruption there in the early 80's. The climate is more moderate than many of us
    would think. Whaling was still an industry when I was there, though I do not know if that is true anymore. Much of the country used natural steam for heating from the various hot spots in the
    country. Wool, Lamb, Aluminum, and Fish were some of Iceland's major exports. Aluminum was manufactured, but not mined in country, raw bauxite was imported and processed, Iceland has
    an abundace of cheap hyrdo electric power (at least they did). Imported products were very expensive (100%) importation tax, and imigration into the country was very difficult.

    In the early 80's Iceland went through monetary reform and essentialy dropped two zeros off their currency, inflation was the cause; 100 old Kronur = 1 new Krona. I have nearly a complete type
    set from Kingdom to present, but I am stll missing a few.

    Iceland has the oldest Parliment established in 930.

    Here is a list of the coins I do have:

    1939 10 AURAR XF KM 1.1
    1942 10 AURAR XF KM 1.1A
    1940 2 AURAR XF-UNC KM 62
    1929 2 KRONUR VF KM 4.1
    1933 25 AURAR XF KM 2.1
    1942 25 AURAR XF KM 2A
    1940 5 AURAR UNC KM 72
    1938 EYRIR UNC KM 5.1
    1940 KRONA VF-XF KM 3.1
    1974 1 KRONA UNC KM 12A
    1977 1 KRONA XF KM 23
    1959 10 AURAR BU KM 10
    1978 10 KRONUR XF KM 15
    1974 1000 KRONUR BU KM 21
    1963 2 KRONUR VF KM 13A.1
    1965 25 AURAR XF KM 11
    1946 5 AURAR XF+ KM 9
    1978 5 KRONUR XF KM 18
    1978 50 KRONUR XF KM 19
    1974 500 KRONUR BU KM 20
    1953 EYRIR UNC KM 8
    1981 1 KRONA XF KM 27
    1981 10 AURAR BU KM 25
    1987 10 KRONUR BU KM 29.1
    1996 10 KRONUR BU KM 29.1A
    1981 5 KRONUR XF KM 28
    1981 50 AURAR XF KM 25
    1996 KRONA BU KM 27A
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