5 kroner NORWAY (1986) 300 Years of The Royal Mint

in the centre inside a concave circle crossed sledge hammer and chisel - symbol of mining and the Norwegian Mint, above it a royal crown; along the top edge with concave lettering: DEN KONGELIGE MYNT (The Royal Mint); along the bottom edge: • NORGE • (Norway)

in the centre inside a concave circle a mithological double-faced god Janus; along the top edge with concave lettering: • 1686 • KONGSBERG • 1986 •; along the bottom edge face value: 5 KRONER

plain

19 VI 1986

9 VII 1999

Øivind Hansen (initial H after the mint mark below Janus on the reverse)

Den Kongelige Mynt (The Royal Mint), Kongsberg (mint mark below Janus on the reverse; after the mint mark initial K of the Royal Mint chief Ole-Robert Kolberg)

1986

2 245 500

K

+ 100 000 in annual sets

This coin commemorates 300th anniversary of founding the Royal Mint. Founding of the mint in Kongsberg in 1686 was strongly related to silver mining activities in the neighbourhood. Between 1623 and 1957 ca. 1350 tones of silver was extracted from local ore, out of which much was used as material for coin minting.