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Viking coinage was used during the Viking Age of northern Europe.Prior to the usage and minting of coins, the Viking economy was predominantly a bullion economy, where the weight and size of a particular metal is used as a method of evaluating value, as opposed to the value being determined by the specific type of coin.
Nordic Gold (Swedish: nordiskt guld [1]) is the gold-coloured copper alloy from which many coins are made. The alloy is a type of aluminium bronze . It has been used for a number of coins in many currencies, most notably in euro 50 , 20 , and 10 cents , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] in the Swedish 5 and 10 kronor coins (for which it was originally developed and ...
The coin to the left is Swedish and the right one is Danish. The oldest known Danish coin is a penny (penning) struck AD 825–840, [6] but the earliest systematic minting produced the so-called korsmønter (lit. ' cross coins ') minted by Harald Bluetooth in the late 10th century. [7]
In 1942 the portrait of the King and his title returned to the obverse, and the reverse featured wheat. This was the first time that a crown (which the coin's name comes from) had been omitted. [7] The portrait of Christian X was replaced by that of the new King Frederik IX of Denmark in 1947. The crown returned, above the Danish coat of arms. [8]
In 1604, the name was changed to riksdaler ("daler of the realm", c.f. Reichsthaler). In 1609, the riksdaler rose to a value of 6 mark when the other Swedish coins were debased but the riksdaler remained constant. From 1624, daler were issued in copper as well as silver. Because of the low value of copper, large plate money (plåtmynt) was ...
Many coins throughout history were made of gold, silver and copper. Silver: Gold: Iron: Numerous Chinese cash coins were made of iron, with the first being issued by the Han dynasty in 118 BCE. From 1942 through 1952, some of the Swedish krona coins – such as the 1, 2 and 5 öre – were made of iron. Lead: Most commonly seen in southeast ...
The silver hoard consisted of two parts with a total weight of 67 kg (148 lb) before conservation and consisted of, among other things, 14,295 coins most of which were Islamic from other countries. A third deposition containing over 20 kg (44 lb) of bronze scrap-metal was also found. The three caches had been hidden under the floorboards of a ...
From then on, the only Norwegian coin in use with a value below NOK 1 was the 50-øre coin, which was also deprecated on 1 May 2012. The original value were the 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, and 50-øre coins. The Danish 25 øre coin ceased to be legal tender on 1 October 2008. [2] The only Danish coin currently in use with a value below DKr 1 is the 50 øre.