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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 3757507, member: 102103&quot;][ATTACH=full]1007027[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1007028[/ATTACH] </p><p>Norway was occupied by the Nazis in mid-1940.</p><p><br /></p><p>The following year, they issued two different types of 1 Ore coins:&nbsp; A bronze coin of the existing type with the monogram of King Haakon VII (at that time in exile) and an iron coin of a new type with the symbol of a lion holding an axe from the Norwegian coat of arms.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I&#039;m puzzling over is why the Nazi occupation government would have issued a coin under the name of the old king almost a year after the invasion.&nbsp; It&#039;s not like occupied Denmark where the king still ruled in place under an occupation government.&nbsp; Haakon VII had fled to the UK and still ruled a government in exile.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had wondered if they were just using up some copper blanks of the old type, but the 1941 mintages are much larger than previous years for both types, so it&#039;s not just a few leftover coins that might have already been minted.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>A similar dual type situation seems to exist for the 5, 10 and 50 Ore coins for 1941 only.&nbsp; The 2 and 25 Ore have no overlap and the occupation versions were only from 1943-1945 according to Krause.&nbsp; The 1 Krone has a gap in production from 1941-1945 (even though it was not a silver coin at that time).</p><p><br /></p><p>Any insights as to why both types were made in 1941 would be greatly appreciated![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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