5 kroner NORWAY (1995) 1000 Years of Norwegian Coinage

5 kroner 1995 - 1000 Years of Norwegian Coinage - Norwegian coins

5 kroner 1995 - 1000 Years of Norwegian Coinage - Coins of Norway

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
29.5 mm	11.5 g	2.23 mm	Cu₇₅Ni₂₅

obverse:

in the coin centre head of Harald V King of Norway facing right; along the top edge: HARALD V • NORGES KONGE (Harald V King of Norway)

reverse:

above the centre a penning of King of Norway Olav I divides the face value: 5 / KR (KRONER); below the coin in two lines: NORSK MYNT / I TUSEN ÅR (thousand years of Norwegian coin); on the bottom year of issue: 1995

edge:

plain

issue date:

25 IX 1995

withdrawal date:

9 VII 1999

designer:

Ingrid Austlid Rise (initials IAR under king's head on the obverse)

mint:

Den Kongelige Mynt (The Royal Mint), Kongsberg (mint mark on the bottom of the obverse; on the bottom of the reverse initials JJE of the mint's chief Jan Erik Johansen)

mintage:

1995

400 000

JJE

+ 100 000 in annual sets

mint and privy marks:

Until 2006 on Norwegian coinage apart from crossed sledge hammer and chisel - the mint mark of the Norwegian mint, also initials of mint's directors were placed. Let's meet the people standing behind these initials:

B, AB	1961 - 30 VI 1980	Arne Bakken
AB*	1 VII - 31 XII 1980	Ole-Robert Kolberg
K	1981 - 1993	Ole-Robert Kolberg
K*	1994	Jan Erik Johansen
J, JJE	1994 - 2001	Jan Erik Johansen
JJE*	23 VIII - 31 XII 2001	Magne Flagans
MF	2002 - 2006	Magne Flagans

interesting facts:

This Norwegian commemorative coin of 5 kroner from 1995 commemorates the millenium of minting the oldest Norwegian coin - penning of King Olav I Tryggvason from AD 995.

penning AD 995

last update: 31 V 2014

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