I just got these today. I've always been interested in coins from Greenland and I feel like I was lucky to get these at the price I did. Two look to be about uncirculated and the other is pretty nice too. There was only 5,000 of the 5 and 25 ore made and 2,000 of the 100 ore. Even though they are tokens they are listed in Krause.
They are in great condition for old Aluminum. I was surprised to find they where made at the L. Chr. Lauer mint in Nuremberg Germany. https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces19679.html
Nice coins / tokens. If these are tokens what are their purpose...collectibles, merchants, advertising, etc.? Very nice either way. Bruce
According to Krause it was for a trading station so I'd guess they were used as money there. Greenland never had many coins and the official ones weren't made until 1926.
In 1910, the explorer Knud Rasmussen established a missionary and trading post, which he named Thule (Inuit: Avanaa) on Greenland. The Thule people, the predecessor of modern Inuit Greenlanders, were named after the Thule region.
