A Small Victory.....

bosox

in my WWII collection of governments-in-exile, occupation governments, and defunct countries. The complete set of german occupation five ore pieces for Norway (KM #388). The 1944 is a little scarce and the 1945 is very scarce. These coins are made of iron and are quite difficult to find without corrosion. Of those shown below, only the 1944 has a few small rust flakes. The 1945 is very clean and has some interesting die cracks.

oldshep

Those are outstanding!!!
Shep

Preussen

Very interesting set. - Preussen

lordmarcovan

<< <i>These coins are made of iron and are quite difficult to find without corrosion >>

No kiddin'!

I have never seen one as pristine as that 1942! The best I've had were barely as nice as your '41 and '44.

Ever seen any of the German-occupied Belgian zincs in full white color? I haven't. I've had some up to maybe slider UNC grade, but they've all been the usual dark grey. (I've been lucky to find a few without "zinc pests", i.e., that white crud, but not too many).

WW2 sure did mark a tough time for coinage in terms of materials, didn't it. I guess our own US steel cents and "war nickels" could be considered part of the wartime trend of unusual metal compositions.

bosox

Belgian, no. I have a few zinc pieces...Slovakian, Dutch, Norwegian that are BU with lots of luster. No Belgian. They seem to be the easiest to corrode.