A new Die-State varity found on a Icelandic coin Good morning everyone, I would like to introduce you all to a new Die-State variety hat was discovered this summer. I have been looking into Icelandic varietys for about 6 moths now and this is the first discoverey that was made. There are seviral others that have been found and are in the process of confermation. Varities have never been a big part of the Icelandic coin colleting history. This part of the Icelandic numismatic world is for the most parts underscovered. The coin in question P#16 Diameter 30 MM Weight 12.5 Material Copper-nickel Here you have a normal 1968 50 Krónur The weak die varietie You can see in the following the difference in the die-State varitie. Most of the detail over the windows, doors and flag pole is missing. This is been confirmed by looking over loads off these coins. And around 50% have this weak die. Confirming that this was a life of one die. 100.000 of these were minted. And a normal life of a die if i´m correct is about 50.000 coins. Details of the varitie and the normal die Flag pole obverse Door and windows on the obverse Reverse dominination with a weak zero at the 5 o,clock possision As always any questions and remarks are welcomed Hope everyone is having a great weekend. Siggi
Great work ....Siggi,,, I love the way you displayed your coins..... Iceland has alot of interesting die-state varities in coinage.
Thanks Iceman57, The known die-state varities are mostly from the years 1922-1942 but it seems that the search stopped after that. Only three from the years 1942 to the present have been found. And those were very obvius varietys.
I don't believe most collectors would consider these a variety. It's quite common es- pecially on US coins to have individual dies which are poorly made or poorly aligned right from the first strike. Most Icelandic coins are better but this doesn't appear to fall far outside the norm. Great pictures.
