Key date finds?

If memory serves me right, the Danish coins (Norway) of this period were made of Iron? Harder to find in decent condition w/o rust. I found one in a batch of coins I purchased by the pound recently. Mine is a 1917.

 

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Your coin is a Haakon VII from Norway - by then a separate coinage as Norway was part of the Swedish kingdom until 1905 and not sure why they went with iron vs copper as their source was in Sweden and neither country was in WWI. Have to believe that copper was diverted to both the Allies and Axis - similar to how Sweden played out in WWII.

 

I bought a 1908-S IHC for 75¢ in 1994. It had dirt on the back, which the dealer didn't remove, so he sold it as a regular 1908. I still have the coin to this day.

 

To share a few (only for the purposes of letting people know there are still loads of great coins out there waiting to be found, because most people - including coin shops - could care less about world coins):

Australia - 1925 1 Penny in a bulk (junk) bag
Australia - 1933/32 1 Penny for $4
Canada - 1925 5 Cent (XF) for a quarter
Canada - 1875 H 10 Cents for silver melt
Cuba - 1932 20 Centavos (XF) for silver melt
Finland - 1910 5 Pennia in a bulk bag
Great Britain - 1880/8 1 Penny in a bulk bucket
Great Britain - 1959 (Scottish Crest) 1 Shilling in UNC
Italy - 1905R 1 Lire for silver melt
Mexico - 1927/6 1 Centavo (XF, plus another in lower grade) in bulk bags
Netherlands - 1933 10 Gulden (not a key, but gold) in a bulk bucket WITH a solid gold bezel to boot
Palestine - 1927 Souvenir Mil Token (MS62BN) as a throw in at a flea market
Panama - Honestly, pretty much all the keys (as well as duplicates) of the 1/10, 1/4, and 1/2 Balboas for silver melt
Switzerland - 1891 (UNC), 1917 (MS64), 1929 (MS65) 5 Rappen coins all for a couple bucks each at a flea market

Also found almost a complete roll of Australian 1946 1 Penny coins at the LCS, sold those for them on consignment.

This is just off the top of my head, and not counting any that I've already passed on to other collectors long ago.

 

wow @stldanceartist those are some pretty impressive finds

 

If you're going to be poor in this hobby, you had better do a lot of reading...lol