Moneta
Registered: August 2005
Location: Arizona USA
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GREENLAND: Danish Colony, 10 Kroner (11.75g), 1922 (1926), KM-Tn49, Ivigtut Cryolite Mining & Trading Co. issue, one-year type, variety with reeded edge, XF, ex Dr. Wolfgang Schuster Collection.
Central design of a seated polar bear facing left; inside a shield which has a winged miner's helmet on top, a hammer and tool on left, a spade and pick axe on right. OB legend: KRYOLITH*MINE OG HANDELS*SELSKABET
10 KR∙ (The Cryolite Mining and Trading Company). Danish Royal Mint (Den Kongelige Mønt), Copenhagen, Denmark. Actually struck in 1926 with 1922 dies. 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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