5 kroner NORWAY (1995) 50 Years of The United Nations

in the coin centre head of Harald V King of Norway facing right; below face value: 5 KR (KRONER); along the top edge: HARALD V • NORGES KONGE (Harald V King of Norway)

on the right side Trygve Lie standing with spread arms en face; on the right in two lines: TRYGVE / LIE and a branch; on the left group of children playing in front of a tree; on the bottom a logo of festivities comemmorating 50 years of the United Nations; along the left and top edge: NASJONER I FORENING FOR FRED • 1945-1995 (association of nations for peace 1945-1995)

plain with concave pattern of six ribbons separated by five mint marks and an initial J of mint's director Jan Erik Johansen

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9 VII 1999

Ingrid Austlid Rise (initials IAR behind king's neck on the obverse and next to a branch on the right side of the reverse)

Den Kongelige Mynt (The Royal Mint), Kongsberg (five mint marks on the edge; the sixth mark is an initial J of mint's director Jan Erik Johansen)

1995

500 000

J

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

This Norwegian commemorative coin of 5 kroner from 1995 commemorates the 50th anniversary of founding the United Nations. Norwegian politician Trygve Lie (1896-1968) had a function of the Secretary General of the United Nations from 1946 to 1952.