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<p>[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 346680, member: 6229"]<font face="Arial"><font size="3">Forgive me for mispelling "Scandinavia" in this heading of this post</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="3">This week's tour of 2nd Millennium Coins brings us to the coins of Scandinavian countries which were minted by them or other mints during the year 2000.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Those countries and posessions are:</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><b><u>DENMARK:</u></b></font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">The lowest denomination coin minted by Denmark in the year 2000 is this</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><b><u>Bronze 25 Ore</u></b></font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">The coin photo is of a 1999 25 Ore which was struck first in 1990 and, later, in 2000.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img4/54-868&desc=Denmark%20km868%2025%20Ore%20(1990%2B" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img4/54-868&desc=Denmark%20km868%2025%20Ore%20(1990%2B" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img4/54-868&desc=Denmark km868 25 Ore (1990+</a>)</font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">This</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><b><u>Bronze 50 Ore</u></b></font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">was minted from 1990 through 2000.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img4/54-866&desc=Denmark%20km866.2%2050%20Ore%20(1990-1998" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img4/54-866&desc=Denmark%20km866.2%2050%20Ore%20(1990-1998" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img4/54-866&desc=Denmark km866.2 50 Ore (1990-1998</a>)</font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">The next 2000 coin is a</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><b><u>Copper-nickel Krone</u></b></font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">It was first struck in 1992. The photo shows a 1997 which is the same type Krone as a 2000.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img4/54-873&desc=Denmark%20km873%201%20Krone%20(1992%2B" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img4/54-873&desc=Denmark%20km873%201%20Krone%20(1992%2B" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img4/54-873&desc=Denmark km873 1 Krone (1992+</a>)</font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><b><u>Copper-nickel Two Kroner</u></b></font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">This coin was first struck in 1992 and, as you can see by the photo, again in '93 (and all the years afterwards through 2000.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img4/54-874&desc=Denmark%20km874%202%20Kroner%20(1992-1998" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img4/54-874&desc=Denmark%20km874%202%20Kroner%20(1992-1998" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img4/54-874&desc=Denmark km874 2 Kroner (1992-1998</a>)</font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">The next picture shows both sides of a</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><b><u>Copper-Nickel Five Kroner</u></b></font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">and was struck from 1990 through 2000:</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img4/54-869&desc=Denmark%20km869%205%20Kroner%20(1990%2B" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img4/54-869&desc=Denmark%20km869%205%20Kroner%20(1990%2B" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img4/54-869&desc=Denmark km869 5 Kroner (1990+</a>)</font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">In 2000 only, this </font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><b><u>Aluminum-Bronze Alloy 20 Kroner</u></b></font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">was produced as a commemorative of Queen Margrethe's 60th Birthday:</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/54-20k00&desc=Denmark%20km885%2020%20Kroner%20(2000" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/54-20k00&desc=Denmark%20km885%2020%20Kroner%20(2000" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/54-20k00&desc=Denmark km885 20 Kroner (2000</a>)</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">And, finally, in Denmark, another silver (1 oz. ASW, 9990 Fine) Commemorative of the Queen's 60th Birthday, was made. The design (obverse and reverse) is the same as the 20 kroner. Just look at the 20 Kroner image again and visualize a 38mm coin with the denomination being 200 Kroner instead of 20.</font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><b><u>FAROE ISLANDS:</u></b></font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Denmark provides the coins for the Faroe Islands so the same coins already examined under <b><u>DENMARK</u></b> are the ones circulating there.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><u><b><font size="3"><font face="Arial">FINLAND:</font></font></b></u></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">In 2000 the lowest denomination coin minted by Finland is the </font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><b><u>Copper-nickel Alloy 50 Pennia</u></b></font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">which was previously struck in the years 1990 through '99. The one pictured here is dated 1992:</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-66&desc=Finland%20km66%2050%20Pennia%20(1990-1998" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-66&desc=Finland%20km66%2050%20Pennia%20(1990-1998" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-66&desc=Finland km66 50 Pennia (1990-1998</a>)</font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">The next 2000 coin we will look at is a</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><b><u>22mm Aluminum-Bronze One Markka</u></b></font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-76&desc=Finland%20km76%201%20Markka%20(1993%2B" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-76&desc=Finland%20km76%201%20Markka%20(1993%2B" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-76&desc=Finland km76 1 Markka (1993+</a>)</font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Finland's Mint struck only 100,000 coins for circulation, but also produced an unknown amount of proof One Markka coins.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Guess what? The next Finnish coin is a 24.5mm</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><b><u>Copper-aluminum-nickel Alloy Five Markkaa</u></b></font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">with a Lake Saimaa Seal on the obverse. The coin in the photo is dated 1994. The 2000 dated coin was struck as a business strike and in proof.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-73&desc=Finland%20km73%205%20Markkaa%20(1992-1998)%20Ringed%20Seal" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-73&desc=Finland%20km73%205%20Markkaa%20(1992-1998)%20Ringed%20Seal" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-73&desc=Finland km73 5 Markkaa (1992-1998) Ringed Seal</a></font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><b><u>A 10 Markkaa </u></b>bi-metallic (brass center in copper-nickel ring) coin was struck beginning in 1993. A Capercallie bird adorns the obverse. Both business strikes and proofs were made.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-77&desc=Finland%20km77%2010%20Markkaa%20(1993%2B" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-77&desc=Finland%20km77%2010%20Markkaa%20(1993%2B" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-77&desc=Finland km77 10 Markkaa (1993+</a>)</font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Now, a funny thing happened on the way through the 2nd millennium year (2000) before the 2000 Euro coinage of Finland was produced; their mint created three (3) different silver (.9250 fine and .6543 oz. ASW) 100 Markkaa coins:</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">No photos of any of the three are available, but here's a description of the three:</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Coin 1) 15,000 were struck for circulation.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Coin 1) 3,000 proofs were minted.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Coin 1) Commemorating the Jubilee Year 2000. Obverse has an artist's rendering of the Turku Cathedral Vault Ceiling. Reverse features a leaf.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Coin 2) A mere 10,000 coins were struck for numismatists.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Coin 2) Commemorates 450th Anniversary of Helsinki Cultural Festival. Obverse bears a symbolic column design while the reverse features a carved view of Helsinki.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Coin 3) Honors Aleksis Kivi on the reverse, while "books on shelves" adorns the obverse.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Coin 3) The Finnish Mint struck 10,000 coins for collectors in uncirculated and another 6,000 in proof.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Remember me telling you "A strange thing happened?"</font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">1999 was the year Euro Coinage began in Finland, so I'm introducing the first 2nd Millennium Euro Coins of Finland which were struck in the 2nd Millennium Year 2000.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><b><u>Here's the Copper Plated Steel One Euro Cent</u></b> </font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">The photo is dated 1999, but the design type remained through 2002.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">7,670,000 2000 1 Euro Cent coins were minted plus an unknown amount of proofs.</font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-1c02&desc=Finland%20km98%201%20Euro%20cent%20(2002" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-1c02&desc=Finland%20km98%201%20Euro%20cent%20(2002" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-1c02&desc=Finland km98 1 Euro cent (2002</a>)</font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><b><u>Copper Plated Steel Two Euro Cents</u></b></font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-2c02&desc=Finland%20km99%202%20Euro%20cents%20(2002" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-2c02&desc=Finland%20km99%202%20Euro%20cents%20(2002" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-2c02&desc=Finland km99 2 Euro cents (2002</a>)</font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">14,007,000 2 Euro Cents were made as business strikes and an unknown number of proofs were produced in the year 2000.</font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><b><u>Copper Plated Steel Five Euro Cents</u></b></font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">56,450,000 5 Euro Cents coins were minted in the year 2000 along with an unknown number of proofs.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-5c02&desc=Finland%20km100%205%20Euro%20cents%20(2002" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-5c02&desc=Finland%20km100%205%20Euro%20cents%20(2002" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-5c02&desc=Finland km100 5 Euro cents (2002</a>)</font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><b><u>Brass Ten Euro Cents</u></b></font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">167,519,000 10 Euro Cents along with an unknown amount of proofs were created in 2000.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-10c02&desc=Finland%20km101%2010%20Euro%20cents%20(2002" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-10c02&desc=Finland%20km101%2010%20Euro%20cents%20(2002" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-10c02&desc=Finland km101 10 Euro cents (2002</a>)</font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><b><u>Brass 20 Euro Cents</u></b></font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">570,000 of these were authorized in 2000. An unknown number of proofs were struck.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-20c02&desc=Finland%20km102%2020%20Euro%20cents%20(2002" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-20c02&desc=Finland%20km102%2020%20Euro%20cents%20(2002" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-20c02&desc=Finland km102 20 Euro cents (2002</a>)</font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><b><u>Brass 50 Euro Cents</u></b></font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">67,167,000 were struck for circulation and an unknown number of proofs were minted.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-50c02&desc=Finland%20km103%2050%20Euro%20cents%20(2002" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-50c02&desc=Finland%20km103%2050%20Euro%20cents%20(2002" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-50c02&desc=Finland km103 50 Euro cents (2002</a>)</font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">The following Euro coin is a full</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><b><u>Euro</u></b></font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">This coin is a bi-metallic coin which has a copper-nickel center in a brass ring.</font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">36,709,000 business strikes were produced and an unknown amount of proofs were produced.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-1e02&desc=Finland%20km104%201%20Euro%20(2002" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-1e02&desc=Finland%20km104%201%20Euro%20(2002" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-1e02&desc=Finland km104 1 Euro (2002</a>)</font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">AND the final Finland year 2000 coin we get to examine is this</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><b><u>Two Euro</u></b></font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">of which 8,750,000 were struck for circulation and an unknown number of proofs were struck.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">This coin is a bi-metallic consisting of a brass center in a copper-nickel ring:</font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-2e02&desc=Finland%20km105%202%20Euro%20(2002" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-2e02&desc=Finland%20km105%202%20Euro%20(2002" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-2e02&desc=Finland km105 2 Euro (2002</a>)</font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><u><b><font size="3"><font face="Arial">GREENLAND:</font></font></b></u></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Danish paper currency and coins are the Legal Tender money of Greenland.</font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><u><b><font size="3"><font face="Arial">ICELAND</font></font></b></u></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><u><b><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Nickel-coated Steel Krona</font></font></b></u></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">These Nickel-coated Steel coins were first struck in 1989 (5,000,000 of them) and again during the years '91 (5,180,000), '92 (5,000,000), '94 (5,000,000) '96 (5,000,000), '99 (10,000,000) and 2000 (a mere 10,000). The date on the coin in the photo is 1991. That's a codfish on the reverse.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img2/86-27a&desc=Iceland%20km27a%201%20Krona%20(1989-1996)%20ni-coated%20steel" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img2/86-27a&desc=Iceland%20km27a%201%20Krona%20(1989-1996)%20ni-coated%20steel" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img2/86-27a&desc=Iceland km27a 1 Krona (1989-1996) ni-coated steel</a></font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><u><b><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Nickel Clad Steel Five Kronur</font></font></b></u></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">That's a dolphin on the reverse. This composition and design was used in '96, '99 and 2000. Again only 10,000 were strick in 2000.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img14/86-28a&desc=Iceland%20km28a%205%20Kronur%20(1996-2000)%20nickel%20clad%20steel" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img14/86-28a&desc=Iceland%20km28a%205%20Kronur%20(1996-2000)%20nickel%20clad%20steel" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img14/86-28a&desc=Iceland km28a 5 Kronur (1996-2000) nickel clad steel</a></font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><b><u>Nickel Clad Steel Ten Kronur</u></b></font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Four national icons are featured on the obverse. Those are capelins on the reverse. Only 10,000 were minted.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img14/86-29_1a&desc=Iceland%20km29.1a%2010%20Kronur%20(1996%2B)%20nickel-clad%20steel" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img14/86-29_1a&desc=Iceland%20km29.1a%2010%20Kronur%20(1996%2B)%20nickel-clad%20steel" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img14/86-29_1a&desc=Iceland km29.1a 10 Kronur (1996+) nickel-clad steel</a></font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><b><u>Nickel-brass 50 Kronur</u></b></font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">These were only struck in '87, '92 and 2000.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img2/86-31&desc=Iceland%20km31%2050%20Kronur%20(1987%2B" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img2/86-31&desc=Iceland%20km31%2050%20Kronur%20(1987%2B" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img2/86-31&desc=Iceland km31 50 Kronur (1987+</a>)</font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><u><b><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Nickel-brass 100 Kronur</font></font></b></u></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">These with a lumpfish on the reverse were struck only in the years '95 and 2000 (10,000 minted)</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img2/86-35&desc=Iceland%20km35%20100%20Kronur%20(1995%2B)%20Lumpfish" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img2/86-35&desc=Iceland%20km35%20100%20Kronur%20(1995%2B)%20Lumpfish" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img2/86-35&desc=Iceland km35 100 Kronur (1995+) Lumpfish</a></font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">The next coin you'll examine is a very special Commemorative for Iceland and for the United States. It is composed of .9000 fine silver (.7720 oz. ASW). It is the Leif Erickson Commemorative</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><b><u>Silver 1000 Kronur</u></b></font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">with the featured image of Leif on the reverse and the quartered design of an eagle, a dragon, a bull and a giant. <b>NOTE: </b>This coin was designed and minted by the United States Mint.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin_mm.php?image=nmc1/86-37&desc=Iceland%20km37%201000%20Kronur%20(2000)%20Leif%20Erickson" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin_mm.php?image=nmc1/86-37&desc=Iceland%20km37%201000%20Kronur%20(2000)%20Leif%20Erickson" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin_mm.php?image=nmc1/86-37&desc=Iceland km37 1000 Kronur (2000) Leif Erickson</a></font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Another coin was produced by Iceland in 2000 made of .9000 fine gold (.02503 oz. AGW. It is a 10,000 Kronur. It is a commemorative tribute to "1000 Years of Christianity." The obverse features Iceland's National Arms and the reverse bears an engraver's idea of an "old crosier top."</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">I couldn't locate a photo. </font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><b><u>NORWAY:</u></b></font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">In 2000 Norway's lowest produced coin denomination is the</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><b><u>Bronze 50 Ore</u></b></font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">This coin (composition, design and denomination) was first struck in 1996 with a mintage of 81,856,200 business strike coins. In 2000, 18,979,552 business strikes were produced along with an unknown number of proofs.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/135-460&desc=Norway%20km460%2050%20Ore%20(1996%2B" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/135-460&desc=Norway%20km460%2050%20Ore%20(1996%2B" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/135-460&desc=Norway km460 50 Ore (1996+</a>)</font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><b><u>Copper-nickel Krone</u></b></font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">This coin (composition and design) was 1st minted in 1997, as well as '98, '99 and 2000. Business strikes and unknown amounts of proofs were produced for each of those years. </font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">That's a monogrammed cross on the obverse:</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/135-462&desc=Norway%20km462%201%20Krone%20(1997%2B" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/135-462&desc=Norway%20km462%201%20Krone%20(1997%2B" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/135-462&desc=Norway km462 1 Krone (1997+</a>)</font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">This </font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><b><u>Copper-nickel Five Kroner</u></b></font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">is a tribute to Saint Olaf. The first of this type was minted in 1998 (47,701,00 for circulation and 10,000 proofs for collectors). The mintage figures for the year 2000 is 9,691,387 for circulation and 10,000 proofs:</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/135-463&desc=Norway%20km463%205%20Kroner%20(1998%2B" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/135-463&desc=Norway%20km463%205%20Kroner%20(1998%2B" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/135-463&desc=Norway km463 5 Kroner (1998+</a>)</font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">As you will discern from seeing the date on our next coin's image, it was first struck in 1995. In 2000 1,096,727 business strikes were made and an unknown amount of proofs were struck:</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/135-457&desc=Norway%20km457%2010%20Kroner%20(1995" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/135-457&desc=Norway%20km457%2010%20Kroner%20(1995" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/135-457&desc=Norway km457 10 Kroner (1995</a>)</font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">In 2000 Norway produced two different</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><b><u>20 Kroner</u></b></font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">coins. Coin type 1 is composed of an alloy of Copper-zinc-nickel and was first struck in 1994. In 2000 11,112,370 business strikes were made along with 10,000 proofs.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/135-453&desc=Norway%20km453%2020%20Kroner%20(1994-1995" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/135-453&desc=Norway%20km453%2020%20Kroner%20(1994-1995" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/135-453&desc=Norway km453 20 Kroner (1994-1995</a>)</font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">And coin type 2 is a:</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><b><u>Nickel-brass 20 Kroner</u></b></font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">which was only struck in 2000 (1,032,307 for circulation. No proofs) as a tribute to the Millennium. King Harald V's head is prominently featured on the obverse and the artistry on the reverse depicts an "unknown road" leading Norwegians (and, I guess, the rest of us earthly inhabitants) into the future.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/135-20k00&desc=Norway%20km468%2020%20Kroner%20(2000" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/135-20k00&desc=Norway%20km468%2020%20Kroner%20(2000" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/135-20k00&desc=Norway km468 20 Kroner (2000</a>)</font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Another Millennium coin, specifically a </font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><b><u>1500 Kroner</u></b></font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">was struck in gold (0.9175 fineness, 0.4994 oz. AGW) with King Harald V on the obverse and the "Tree of life" with its roots prominently featured on the reverse. (No Photo).</font></font></p><p> </p><p><u><b><font size="3"><font face="Arial">SWEDEN:</font></font></b></u></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Sweden's lowest denomination of coinage for 2000 is the</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><b><u>Copper-nickel Krona</u></b></font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">of which there are two types.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Type 1 has Carl XVI Gustaf on the obverse (notice the head size) and Sweden's coat-of-arms on the reverse:</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img6/171-852a&desc=Sweden%20km852a%201%20Krona%20(1982-2000" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img6/171-852a&desc=Sweden%20km852a%201%20Krona%20(1982-2000" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img6/171-852a&desc=Sweden km852a 1 Krona (1982-2000</a>)</font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Type 2 (no photo) is a direct trtibute to the Millennium. King Harald's head is smaller then type 1, the date is from 5:00 o'clock to 3:00 o'clock instead of split at 6:00 o'clock. The reverse has a crowned Monogram instead of the coat-of-arms.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">The next denomination minted in 2000 is a</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><b><u>Copper-nickel Clad Nickel Five Kronor</u></b></font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">The photo you'll soon be looking at is dated 1988 and is composed of Copper-nickel which makes it different from the 2000 5 Kronor, but the design on both sides is the same design.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img6/171-853&desc=Sweden%20km853%205%20Kronor%20(1976%2B" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img6/171-853&desc=Sweden%20km853%205%20Kronor%20(1976%2B" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img6/171-853&desc=Sweden km853 5 Kronor (1976+</a>)</font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Our third Swedish coin is a</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><b><u>Copper-aluminum-zinc Ten Kronor</u></b></font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">whose type was first minted in 1991 and last minted in 2000.</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img6/171-877&desc=Sweden%20km877%2010%20Kronor%20(1991-1999" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img6/171-877&desc=Sweden%20km877%2010%20Kronor%20(1991-1999" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img6/171-877&desc=Sweden km877 10 Kronor (1991-1999</a>)</font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">And that brings this week's trivia to an end. Are you enjoying all the 2nd Millennium Year 2000 datum?</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><font face="Arial">Clinker</font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 346680, member: 6229"][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Forgive me for mispelling "Scandinavia" in this heading of this post[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]This week's tour of 2nd Millennium Coins brings us to the coins of Scandinavian countries which were minted by them or other mints during the year 2000.[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]Those countries and posessions are:[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][B][U]DENMARK:[/U][/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]The lowest denomination coin minted by Denmark in the year 2000 is this[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][B][U]Bronze 25 Ore[/U][/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]The coin photo is of a 1999 25 Ore which was struck first in 1990 and, later, in 2000.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img4/54-868&desc=Denmark%20km868%2025%20Ore%20(1990%2B[/URL])[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]This[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][B][U]Bronze 50 Ore[/U][/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]was minted from 1990 through 2000.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img4/54-866&desc=Denmark%20km866.2%2050%20Ore%20(1990-1998[/URL])[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]The next 2000 coin is a[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][B][U]Copper-nickel Krone[/U][/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]It was first struck in 1992. The photo shows a 1997 which is the same type Krone as a 2000.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img4/54-873&desc=Denmark%20km873%201%20Krone%20(1992%2B[/URL])[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][B][U]Copper-nickel Two Kroner[/U][/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]This coin was first struck in 1992 and, as you can see by the photo, again in '93 (and all the years afterwards through 2000.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img4/54-874&desc=Denmark%20km874%202%20Kroner%20(1992-1998[/URL])[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]The next picture shows both sides of a[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][B][U]Copper-Nickel Five Kroner[/U][/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]and was struck from 1990 through 2000:[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img4/54-869&desc=Denmark%20km869%205%20Kroner%20(1990%2B[/URL])[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]In 2000 only, this [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][B][U]Aluminum-Bronze Alloy 20 Kroner[/U][/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]was produced as a commemorative of Queen Margrethe's 60th Birthday:[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/54-20k00&desc=Denmark%20km885%2020%20Kroner%20(2000[/URL])[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]And, finally, in Denmark, another silver (1 oz. ASW, 9990 Fine) Commemorative of the Queen's 60th Birthday, was made. The design (obverse and reverse) is the same as the 20 kroner. Just look at the 20 Kroner image again and visualize a 38mm coin with the denomination being 200 Kroner instead of 20.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][B][U]FAROE ISLANDS:[/U][/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]Denmark provides the coins for the Faroe Islands so the same coins already examined under [B][U]DENMARK[/U][/B] are the ones circulating there.[/FONT][/SIZE] [U][B][SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]FINLAND:[/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/U] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]In 2000 the lowest denomination coin minted by Finland is the [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][B][U]Copper-nickel Alloy 50 Pennia[/U][/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]which was previously struck in the years 1990 through '99. The one pictured here is dated 1992:[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-66&desc=Finland%20km66%2050%20Pennia%20(1990-1998[/URL])[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]The next 2000 coin we will look at is a[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][B][U]22mm Aluminum-Bronze One Markka[/U][/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-76&desc=Finland%20km76%201%20Markka%20(1993%2B[/URL])[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]Finland's Mint struck only 100,000 coins for circulation, but also produced an unknown amount of proof One Markka coins.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]Guess what? The next Finnish coin is a 24.5mm[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][B][U]Copper-aluminum-nickel Alloy Five Markkaa[/U][/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]with a Lake Saimaa Seal on the obverse. The coin in the photo is dated 1994. The 2000 dated coin was struck as a business strike and in proof.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-73&desc=Finland%20km73%205%20Markkaa%20(1992-1998)%20Ringed%20Seal[/URL][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][B][U]A 10 Markkaa [/U][/B]bi-metallic (brass center in copper-nickel ring) coin was struck beginning in 1993. A Capercallie bird adorns the obverse. Both business strikes and proofs were made.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-77&desc=Finland%20km77%2010%20Markkaa%20(1993%2B[/URL])[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]Now, a funny thing happened on the way through the 2nd millennium year (2000) before the 2000 Euro coinage of Finland was produced; their mint created three (3) different silver (.9250 fine and .6543 oz. ASW) 100 Markkaa coins:[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]No photos of any of the three are available, but here's a description of the three:[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]Coin 1) 15,000 were struck for circulation.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]Coin 1) 3,000 proofs were minted.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]Coin 1) Commemorating the Jubilee Year 2000. Obverse has an artist's rendering of the Turku Cathedral Vault Ceiling. Reverse features a leaf.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]Coin 2) A mere 10,000 coins were struck for numismatists.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]Coin 2) Commemorates 450th Anniversary of Helsinki Cultural Festival. Obverse bears a symbolic column design while the reverse features a carved view of Helsinki.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]Coin 3) Honors Aleksis Kivi on the reverse, while "books on shelves" adorns the obverse.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]Coin 3) The Finnish Mint struck 10,000 coins for collectors in uncirculated and another 6,000 in proof.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]Remember me telling you "A strange thing happened?"[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]1999 was the year Euro Coinage began in Finland, so I'm introducing the first 2nd Millennium Euro Coins of Finland which were struck in the 2nd Millennium Year 2000.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][B][U]Here's the Copper Plated Steel One Euro Cent[/U][/B] [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]The photo is dated 1999, but the design type remained through 2002.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]7,670,000 2000 1 Euro Cent coins were minted plus an unknown amount of proofs.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-1c02&desc=Finland%20km98%201%20Euro%20cent%20(2002[/URL])[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][B][U]Copper Plated Steel Two Euro Cents[/U][/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-2c02&desc=Finland%20km99%202%20Euro%20cents%20(2002[/URL])[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]14,007,000 2 Euro Cents were made as business strikes and an unknown number of proofs were produced in the year 2000.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][B][U]Copper Plated Steel Five Euro Cents[/U][/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]56,450,000 5 Euro Cents coins were minted in the year 2000 along with an unknown number of proofs.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-5c02&desc=Finland%20km100%205%20Euro%20cents%20(2002[/URL])[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][B][U]Brass Ten Euro Cents[/U][/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]167,519,000 10 Euro Cents along with an unknown amount of proofs were created in 2000.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-10c02&desc=Finland%20km101%2010%20Euro%20cents%20(2002[/URL])[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][B][U]Brass 20 Euro Cents[/U][/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]570,000 of these were authorized in 2000. An unknown number of proofs were struck.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-20c02&desc=Finland%20km102%2020%20Euro%20cents%20(2002[/URL])[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][B][U]Brass 50 Euro Cents[/U][/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]67,167,000 were struck for circulation and an unknown number of proofs were minted.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-50c02&desc=Finland%20km103%2050%20Euro%20cents%20(2002[/URL])[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]The following Euro coin is a full[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][B][U]Euro[/U][/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]This coin is a bi-metallic coin which has a copper-nickel center in a brass ring.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]36,709,000 business strikes were produced and an unknown amount of proofs were produced.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-1e02&desc=Finland%20km104%201%20Euro%20(2002[/URL])[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]AND the final Finland year 2000 coin we get to examine is this[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][B][U]Two Euro[/U][/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]of which 8,750,000 were struck for circulation and an unknown number of proofs were struck.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]This coin is a bi-metallic consisting of a brass center in a copper-nickel ring:[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/68-2e02&desc=Finland%20km105%202%20Euro%20(2002[/URL])[/FONT][/SIZE] [U][B][SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]GREENLAND:[/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/U] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]Danish paper currency and coins are the Legal Tender money of Greenland.[/FONT][/SIZE] [U][B][SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]ICELAND[/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/U] [U][B][SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]Nickel-coated Steel Krona[/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/U] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]These Nickel-coated Steel coins were first struck in 1989 (5,000,000 of them) and again during the years '91 (5,180,000), '92 (5,000,000), '94 (5,000,000) '96 (5,000,000), '99 (10,000,000) and 2000 (a mere 10,000). The date on the coin in the photo is 1991. That's a codfish on the reverse.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img2/86-27a&desc=Iceland%20km27a%201%20Krona%20(1989-1996)%20ni-coated%20steel[/URL][/FONT][/SIZE] [U][B][SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]Nickel Clad Steel Five Kronur[/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/U] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]That's a dolphin on the reverse. This composition and design was used in '96, '99 and 2000. Again only 10,000 were strick in 2000.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img14/86-28a&desc=Iceland%20km28a%205%20Kronur%20(1996-2000)%20nickel%20clad%20steel[/URL][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][B][U]Nickel Clad Steel Ten Kronur[/U][/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]Four national icons are featured on the obverse. Those are capelins on the reverse. Only 10,000 were minted.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img14/86-29_1a&desc=Iceland%20km29.1a%2010%20Kronur%20(1996%2B)%20nickel-clad%20steel[/URL][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][B][U]Nickel-brass 50 Kronur[/U][/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]These were only struck in '87, '92 and 2000.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img2/86-31&desc=Iceland%20km31%2050%20Kronur%20(1987%2B[/URL])[/FONT][/SIZE] [U][B][SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]Nickel-brass 100 Kronur[/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/U] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]These with a lumpfish on the reverse were struck only in the years '95 and 2000 (10,000 minted)[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img2/86-35&desc=Iceland%20km35%20100%20Kronur%20(1995%2B)%20Lumpfish[/URL][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]The next coin you'll examine is a very special Commemorative for Iceland and for the United States. It is composed of .9000 fine silver (.7720 oz. ASW). It is the Leif Erickson Commemorative[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][B][U]Silver 1000 Kronur[/U][/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]with the featured image of Leif on the reverse and the quartered design of an eagle, a dragon, a bull and a giant. [B]NOTE: [/B]This coin was designed and minted by the United States Mint.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin_mm.php?image=nmc1/86-37&desc=Iceland%20km37%201000%20Kronur%20(2000)%20Leif%20Erickson[/URL][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]Another coin was produced by Iceland in 2000 made of .9000 fine gold (.02503 oz. AGW. It is a 10,000 Kronur. It is a commemorative tribute to "1000 Years of Christianity." The obverse features Iceland's National Arms and the reverse bears an engraver's idea of an "old crosier top."[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]I couldn't locate a photo. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][B][U]NORWAY:[/U][/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]In 2000 Norway's lowest produced coin denomination is the[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][B][U]Bronze 50 Ore[/U][/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]This coin (composition, design and denomination) was first struck in 1996 with a mintage of 81,856,200 business strike coins. In 2000, 18,979,552 business strikes were produced along with an unknown number of proofs.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/135-460&desc=Norway%20km460%2050%20Ore%20(1996%2B[/URL])[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][B][U]Copper-nickel Krone[/U][/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]This coin (composition and design) was 1st minted in 1997, as well as '98, '99 and 2000. Business strikes and unknown amounts of proofs were produced for each of those years. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]That's a monogrammed cross on the obverse:[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/135-462&desc=Norway%20km462%201%20Krone%20(1997%2B[/URL])[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]This [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][B][U]Copper-nickel Five Kroner[/U][/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]is a tribute to Saint Olaf. The first of this type was minted in 1998 (47,701,00 for circulation and 10,000 proofs for collectors). The mintage figures for the year 2000 is 9,691,387 for circulation and 10,000 proofs:[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/135-463&desc=Norway%20km463%205%20Kroner%20(1998%2B[/URL])[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]As you will discern from seeing the date on our next coin's image, it was first struck in 1995. In 2000 1,096,727 business strikes were made and an unknown amount of proofs were struck:[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/135-457&desc=Norway%20km457%2010%20Kroner%20(1995[/URL])[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]In 2000 Norway produced two different[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][B][U]20 Kroner[/U][/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]coins. Coin type 1 is composed of an alloy of Copper-zinc-nickel and was first struck in 1994. In 2000 11,112,370 business strikes were made along with 10,000 proofs.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/135-453&desc=Norway%20km453%2020%20Kroner%20(1994-1995[/URL])[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]And coin type 2 is a:[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][B][U]Nickel-brass 20 Kroner[/U][/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]which was only struck in 2000 (1,032,307 for circulation. No proofs) as a tribute to the Millennium. King Harald V's head is prominently featured on the obverse and the artistry on the reverse depicts an "unknown road" leading Norwegians (and, I guess, the rest of us earthly inhabitants) into the future.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img5/135-20k00&desc=Norway%20km468%2020%20Kroner%20(2000[/URL])[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]Another Millennium coin, specifically a [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][B][U]1500 Kroner[/U][/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]was struck in gold (0.9175 fineness, 0.4994 oz. AGW) with King Harald V on the obverse and the "Tree of life" with its roots prominently featured on the reverse. (No Photo).[/FONT][/SIZE] [U][B][SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]SWEDEN:[/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/U] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]Sweden's lowest denomination of coinage for 2000 is the[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][B][U]Copper-nickel Krona[/U][/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]of which there are two types.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]Type 1 has Carl XVI Gustaf on the obverse (notice the head size) and Sweden's coat-of-arms on the reverse:[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img6/171-852a&desc=Sweden%20km852a%201%20Krona%20(1982-2000[/URL])[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]Type 2 (no photo) is a direct trtibute to the Millennium. King Harald's head is smaller then type 1, the date is from 5:00 o'clock to 3:00 o'clock instead of split at 6:00 o'clock. The reverse has a crowned Monogram instead of the coat-of-arms.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]The next denomination minted in 2000 is a[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][B][U]Copper-nickel Clad Nickel Five Kronor[/U][/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]The photo you'll soon be looking at is dated 1988 and is composed of Copper-nickel which makes it different from the 2000 5 Kronor, but the design on both sides is the same design.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img6/171-853&desc=Sweden%20km853%205%20Kronor%20(1976%2B[/URL])[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]Our third Swedish coin is a[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][B][U]Copper-aluminum-zinc Ten Kronor[/U][/B][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]whose type was first minted in 1991 and last minted in 2000.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial][URL]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img6/171-877&desc=Sweden%20km877%2010%20Kronor%20(1991-1999[/URL])[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]And that brings this week's trivia to an end. Are you enjoying all the 2nd Millennium Year 2000 datum?[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial]Clinker[/FONT][/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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