10 kroner NORWAY (1964) 150 Years of Signing Constitution

in the coin centre Norwegian Coat of Arms; along the edge: KONGERIKET • NORGE (Kingdom of Norway)

in the centre facade of the Constitution Palace in Eidsvoll; along the top edge: 1814 • EIDSVOLL • 1964; along the bottom edge face value: 10 KRONER

plain with concave lettering: • ENIGE OG TRO TIL DOVRE FALLER (United and faithful until Dovre (Mountains) fall apart - motto of the constitution writers)

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15 IX 1995

Øivind Hansen (monogram ØH below the palace after the mint mark on the reverse)

Den Kongelige Mynt (The Royal Mint), Kongsberg (mint mark below the palace on the reverse, before the mint mark initials AB of Royal Mint chief Arne Bakken)

The Royal Mint, London, United Kingdom (there 1,026,000 silver planchets were ordered together with the edge inscription)

1964	1 408 000	AB

letters in the edge inscription close one to another (Norwegian mint) or far away one from another (British mint)

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 10 kroner from 1964 commemorates 150th anniversary of signing the constitution of Norway. The event took place in the palace in Eidsvoll on May 17, 1814.


photo: Kjetil Bjørnsrud; licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0