20 kroner NORWAY (from 1994)

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
27.5 mm	9.9 g	2.3 mm	Cu₈₁Zn₁₀Ni₉

obverse:

in the centre head of Harald V King of Norway facing right; below in two lines: HARALD V / NORGES KONGE (Harald V King of Norway)

reverse:

bow of Viking ship sailing left; above the boat face value: 20 KR (KRONER); below year of issue divided by a mint mark

edge:

plain

issue date:

1 XI 1994

withdrawal date:

circulating

designer:

Nils Aas (initials NAA behind king's neck on the obverse)

mint:

Den Kongelige Mynt (The Royal Mint), Kongsberg - name till 2004

Det Norske Myntverket (The Norwegian Mint), Kongsberg - name from 2004 (mint mark divides the year of issue on the reverse; below it initials JJE of the mint's chief Jan Erik Johansen in years 1994-2001, or initials JJE* in 2001, or initials of Magne Flagans MF in years 2002-2006; after 2006 no initials were placed on Norwegian coins)

mintage:

1994	18 498 000	JJE	+ 100 000 in annual sets
1995	21 660 000	JJE	+ 100 000 in annual sets
1996	1 429 500	JJE	+ 90 000 in annual sets
1997	974 873	JJE	+ 75 000 in annual sets
1998	4 937 000	JJE	+ 70 000 in annual sets
2000	11 068 370	JJE	+ 45 000 in annual sets
2001	4 113 010	JJE	+ 55 000 in annual sets
2001	-	JJE*	+ 10 000 in commemorative packaging
2002	20 404 000	MF	+ 55 000 in annual sets
2003	30 029 000	MF	+ 55 000 in annual sets
2005	498 000	MF	+ 55 000 in annual sets
2007	463 000		+ 30 000 in annual sets
2008	454 000		+ 27 000 in annual sets
2009	446 000		+ 27 000 in annual sets

varieties:

2001 - coins with initials of the mint chief Jan Erik Johansen JJE or with initials JJE* from the period after Johansen resigned from August 23 to December 31, 2001. The coins with the star however, were distributed as a numismatic collectable in commemorative packaging and they did not end up in circulation.

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:

A bow of Viking ship found in burial mound near Oseberg settlement.

photo: Wysocki; licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0

last update: 31 V 2014

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