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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;svessien, post: 793227, member: 15481&quot;]This is really interesting. A nice numismatic mystery.</p><p>I agree the lion looks Norwegian. Then again, the eagles in the middle of the stars look German (?) The pattern along the rim looks like dragon style (Scandinavian), or an attempt on this.</p><p>The Norwegian lion has had many designs throughout the ages. It looks like a design late 19th century -&gt; to me. </p><p>Another question: Do the coins look collar struck? Norwegian coins were not collar struck until the late 1820&#039;s, to my knowledge.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>My first thought was: Might this have been tokens made for jewish internation camps related to Norway/Germany during WWII?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I will post a link to this discussion on a Norwegian discussion board. Maybe we&#039;ll get more information there.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Norwegian Shields with lion 17th-20th century:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x317/svessien/World%20coins/Norway/2Marck1661.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x317/svessien/World%20coins/Norway/DSC05727.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x317/svessien/World%20coins/Norway/24skilling1773hor.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x317/svessien/World%20coins/Norway/1skilling1816.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x317/svessien/World%20coins/Norway/Halvspeciedaler1846.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x317/svessien/World%20coins/Norway/Norway-CarlXV1859-1872Halvspeciedal.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x317/svessien/World%20coins/Norway/50re1900.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x317/svessien/World%20coins/Norway/1krone1915hor.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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