20 kroner NORWAY (2002) Niels Henrik Abel

20 kroner 2002 Niels Henrik Abel - Norwegian coins

20 kroner 2002 Niels Henrik Abel - Coins of Norway

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 year of issue: 2002; along the top edge: HARALD V • NORGES KONGE (Harald V King of Norway)

reverse:

piece from Abel's notebook with a famous lemniscate on the left; right from the lemniscate face value: 20 KR (KRONER), lower: NIELS HENRIK ABEL, below in two lines dates: 1802 / 1829

edge:

plain

issue date:

5 VIII 2002

withdrawal date:

circulating

designer:

Ingrid Austlid Rise (initials IAR behind king's neck on the obverse)

mint:

Den Kongelige Mynt (The Royal Mint), Kongsberg (mint mark before year of issue on the obverse, after year of issue initials MF of mint chief Magne Flagans)

mintage:

2002

983 700

+ 55 000 in annual sets
+ 10 000 in commemorative packaging

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 coin commemorates 200th anniversary of birth of Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel (1802-1829), who was investigating theories of series and elliptic integrals.

last update: 31 V 2014

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