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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 5295034, member: 102103&quot;]I like occupation coinage, even though it came from a terrible time.&nbsp; I&#039;m interested in the symbolism occupiers used to try to influence the population.&nbsp; For examples, here are two different occupied Norway 1 øre types, both 1941.</p><p><br /></p><p>At first they kept issuing coinage with the King&#039;s monogram, even though he had fled the country to lead a government-in-exile.&nbsp; Then the Quisling government issued iron coinage (to preserve copper) with an axe-holding lion from Norway&#039;s coat of arms.&nbsp; On the sides are St. Olaf&#039;s axes bracketing a cross, symbols of the Church of Norway.&nbsp; Obvert Nazi symbolism was avoided.&nbsp; I doubt many Norwegians were fooled about the nature of their occupation.[ATTACH=full]1222590[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1222591[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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