20 kroner NORWAY (2006) Henrik Ibsen

20 kroner 2006 Henrik Ibsen - Norwegian coins

20 kroner 2006 Henrik Ibsen - 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: 2006; along the top edge: HARALD V • NORGES KONGE (Harald V King of Norway)

reverse:

in the centre Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen walking left, on the left his signature, on the right in two lines face value: 20 / KR (KRONER)

edge:

plain

issue date:

16 I 2006

withdrawal date:

circulating

designer:

Ingrid Austlid Rise (initials IAR behind king's neck on the obverse), Nina Sundbye (initials NS behind Ibsen's leg on the reverse)

mint:

Det Norske Myntverket (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:

2006

1 000 000

(delivered 782 500)

+ 50 000 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 20 kroner from 2006 commemorates 100th anniversary of death of Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), Norwegian playwright.

Henrik Ibsen in 1900

photo: Carl Stormer (Aftenposten)

last update: 31 V 2014

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