5 Øre Ivigtut Cryolite Mining
Obverse © Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg – Reverse © Stacks Bowers
Features
| Location |
Greenland
(Denmark)  |
|---|---|
| Issuing entity | Ivigtut Cryolite Mining |
| Type | Trade tokens › Business tokens |
| Years | 1882-1922 |
| Value | 5 Øre (0.05 DKK) |
| Currency | Krone (1873-date) |
| Composition | Zinc |
| Diameter | 30.5 mm |
| Thickness | 0.75 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 109983 |
| References | KM# Tn39 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).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
5
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.
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 | |||||||||
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