I was helping my friend work on his house today and while looking for a droped ferrel off a skil saw his dad found a small penny like coin. The coin was smaller than a dime and appaered to be made of copper or copper plated alloy. On one side it showed the date but instead of being displayed as 1968 the 19 were in a small circular depression on the left and the 68 were located in a small circular depresion on the right. I appologize I can not remember any other details of this side. The oter side featured an image of a crown centered on it towards the upper part of the coin. I believe the area below the coin had two words on it the second being Kronug. I may be mistaken about the number of words but I know the last one was Kronug. This is all I can remember about the coin but since it was found in the dirt in pretty good shape and it was smaller than a dime it has piqued my intrest. If anyone knows what I am talking about please help me. I obviously have no clue what I am talking about. Oh a pic would be nice too.
Sounds like a 1 Kroner from Sweden. The guy living across the hall from me is from Sweden and has some that sound like what you are describing. It's not worth anything though, if it's in bad enough shape that you can't read it well. ~AJ
It is indeed from Sweden (Sveriges) but would be a bronze 1 ore coin. There are 100 ore to a Krona. This type was minted 1952-71 during the reign of King Gustaf VI with over 26 million in 1968. It may be worth about .10. You might also try a library for a copy of the Standard Catalog of World Coins for pictures, values and lots more interesting info.
An ore thats it It was an ore or a hundered I'm not sure. I thought I'd ask since it was tiny. Can you imagine the number of these that would get vacumed up each year if we used a coin that small.
I believe the øre has been removed from circulation in some of the Scandinavian countries. Blame it on inflation.
