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50 Øre Ivigtut Cryolite Mining

Features

Location Greenland (Denmark)
Issuing entity Ivigtut Cryolite Mining
Type Trade tokens › Business tokens
Years 1882-1922
Value 50 Øre (0.5 DKK)
Currency Krone (1873-date)
Composition Zinc
Weight 4.84 g
Diameter 38 mm
Thickness 0.75 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
109981
References KM# Tn41
Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).
, SIEG# 3.5 III
Jan Bendix; 2016. SIEGs Møntkatalog Norden: Danmark, Slesvig, Nordborg, Glücksborg, Plön, Gottorp, Dansk Vestindien, Trankebar, Færøerne, Grønland, Island, Norge : private mønter fra Færøerne, Grønland, Dansk Vestindien og Christiania = SIEG's Nordic Coin Catalog. SIEG, Frederikssund, Denmark.

Obverse

Company name above denomination

Script: Latin

Lettering:
IVIGTUT
50

Reverse

Blank.

Mint

Fritz Meyer, Denmark (1894)

Comments

Minted after 1882.

Ivigtut is the only locality outside of Siberia which is known to produce the mineral kryolite (or kryolith) used in the manufacture of aluminium.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1882-1922) 

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