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1877 GOLD NORWAY 20 KRONER NGC MS 64 OSCAR I

1877 GOLD NORWAY 20 KRONER NGC MS 64 OSCAR I
1877 GOLD NORWAY 20 KRONER NGC MS 64 OSCAR I
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Country of Origin: Norway

KINGDOM OF NORWAY

REIGN OF OSCAR II (KING OF NORWAY 1872-1905; KING OF SWEDEN 1872-1907) -HOUSE OF BERNADOTTE

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1877 KEY DATE TWENTY GOLD KRONER CERTIFIED BY NGC MINT STATE

OBV: PORTRAIT BUST OF OSCAR II RIGHT.

REV: CROWNED SHIELD WITH THE ARMS OF NORWAY (A CROWNED LION RAMPANT HOLDING AN AXE); DENOMINATION ABOVE; DATE DIVIDED BY MINTMARK BELOW.

KM # 355

OSCAR II 1829-1907) IS CREDITED WITH GREAT TACT AND PATIENCE THAT HELPED EASE A DIFFICULT DISSOLUTION OF THE UNION OF NORWAY AND SWEDEN IN 1905.

BECAUSE OF HIS ALOOFNESS FROM EUROPEAN DYNASTIC POLITICS AND HIS AFFIRMED INTELLIGENCE HE WAS OFTEN CALLED UPON BY OTHER NATIONS AS AN NEUTRAL ARBITRATOR.

HE HAD A GREAT INTEREST IN SCIENCE AND THE ARTS AND HIS PORTRAIT HAS BEEN MADE FAMOUS AS THE TRADEMARK FOR KING OSCAR SARDINES.

CONTAINS 8.96 GRAMS OF .900 FINE GOLD (.2593 OZ AGW)

23.5 MM IN DIAMETER

ONLY 38,000 MINTED!

KONGSBERG MINT