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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clinker, post: 1041728, member: 6229&quot;]This is about coins and not a historical account on Scandanavian countries, but to enter the numismatic sphere of this premise you and I need to travel back in time to the year 1905.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the morning of June 7, 1905 the inhabitants of Norway and Sweden awoke as citizens of both countries, but by the time they readied themselves for a good night&#039;s sleep they were citizens of two separate nations.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian Michelsen, a shipping magnate and statesman, Prime Minister of Norway from 1905 to 1907, played a central role in the peaceful separation of Norway from Sweden on 7 June 1905. Both, now independent nations, refer to that day as Independence Day.</p><p><br /></p><p>To get to our theme of <b><i>1 Anniversary - 2 Nations - 8 Coins</i></b>, we now travel from 1905 to 2005, 100 years after the break-up.&nbsp; The 100th Anniversary of the separation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Norway issued six Proof coins commemorating the 100th Anniversary of their independence from Sweden.&nbsp; Three in silver and three in gold. </p><p><br /></p><p>The three Siver coins are in denominations of 100 Kronor, measure 39mm each and have a ASW of 1.0052 ounces. 65,000 of each were minted.</p><p><br /></p><p>All feature the three kings on the obverse.&nbsp; One (KM472) depicts a farm field on the reverse and another (KM474) bears the image of an off shore ocean oil rig on its reverse.&nbsp; The final silver 200 Kronor proof commemorative (KM476) displays a circuit board on its reverse. Here&#039;s a photo courtesy of The Coin Page and Norway Mint (click data below photo for opposite side view)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-6520.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-6520.html" rel="nofollow"><b>NORWAY 2005 INDEPENDENCE COMMEMORATIVE SILVER 100 KRONOR WITH CIRCUIT BOARD REVERSE</b></a></p><p><br /></p><p>The three gold coins are in denominations of 1500 Kronor measuring 27mm, and have an AGW of .5 ounce. 10,0000 of each proof version were struck.</p><p><br /></p><p>All feature the three kings on the obverse. One (KM473) depicts various leaf types on its reverse, another (KM475) displays liquid drops on a hard surface and the final one (KM477) shows a binary language on its reverse. Here&#039;s a photo courtesy of The Coin Page and Norway Mint (click data below photo for view of opposite side).</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-6519.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-6519.html" rel="nofollow"><b>NORWAY 2005 INDEPENDENCE COMMEMORATIVE GOLD 1500 KRONOR WITH BINARY LANGUAGE REVERSE</b></a></p><p><br /></p><p>Sweden only issued two proof coins (one silver and one gold) to celebrate the <b><i>Centennial of the End of the of the Union between Norway and Sweden</i></b>.</p><p><br /></p><p>The silver coin (35,000 minted) is a 200 Kronor (KM906) measuring 36mm and weighing in at .8104 ounce ASW; the gold coin (5,000 minted) is a 2000 Kronor (KM907) measuring in at 26mm and weighing in at .3472 ounces AGW.</p><p><br /></p><p>Both coins feature a split disc on their obverses and a flag separating two clouds on their reverses.&nbsp; Photos courtesy of&nbsp; The Coin Page and the Riksbank, Sweden (click data below photos for view of other sides of coins):</p><p><br /></p><p><b>SWEDEN 2005 SILVER 200 KRONOR COMMEMORATIVE</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>SWEDEN 2005 GOLD 2000 KRONOR COMMEMORATIVE </b></p><p><br /></p><p>Hope you enjoyed the trip...</p><p><br /></p><p>Clinker[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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