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Worldwide Coins & Bank Notes => Other World Coins => Topic started by: Dumanyu on November 09, 2007, 11:27:34 AM
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This one is a bit of a rarity.
Single Year Mintage of 286,982.
1 Krone
Aluminum Bronze
1926 under Danish Colony
(http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m138/dumanyu2/1926GreenlandKrone.jpg)
(http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m138/dumanyu2/1926GreenlandKronerev.jpg)
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May I extend my jealousies? Greenland is one of the coins I really want to get for my collection. :)
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My first international eBay purchase was for one of these coins. You just don't see too many Greenland coins down here in Australia...
I'm still trying to get one of the Ivigtut Cryolite Mine tokens. They're listed in Krause, and they not only look cool (http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=nmc/207-Tn48&desc=Greenland%20kmTn48%202%20Kroner%20(1922)) with a polar bear coat-of-arms, but the story of Ivigtut (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivigtut), cryolite (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryolite) and aluminium (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium#History) is both interesting and numismatically relevant.
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It was very hard to find. Fortunately, There's a local dealer here, who specializes in world coins, and keeps the unusual ones aside for me, knowing he's got a sure sale.