5 Aurar P. J. Thorsteinsson & Co.

Features

Location Iceland
Type Trade tokens › Business token
Year 1880
Value 5 Aurar (0.05 DKK)
Currency Krone (1874-1918)
Composition Brass
Weight 2.171 g
Diameter 18.5 mm
Shape Round
Demonetized Yes
Number N# 278487

Obverse

PT monogram

Script: Latin

Lettering: PT

Reverse

Value

Script: Latin

Lettering: 5

Comments

Under the Scandinavian Monetary Convention of 1873, the currencies of Denmark, Norway and Sweden could move to Iceland. But very few of these coins have actually made the way to the island, which missed of liquidity. Consequently, the Icelandic merchants made strike tokens to fill this gap. A law of 1901 banned them, the traders while profiting to increase the prices.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1880) 

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