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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jimski, post: 7814341, member: 77373&quot;]During WWII the US occupied Greenland, a Danish colony.&nbsp; This coin was minted at the Philadelphia Mint mainly for use by US service personnel in Greenland. {1}</p><p><br /></p><p>1944 Greenland 5 kroner, Philadelphia Mint no mint mark, issued 1944 only, brass. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1343096[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1343097[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>{2} <i>Before the war, Greenland was a tightly controlled colony of Denmark, otherwise closed off to the world. </i>{After the German occupation of Denmark} <i>Britain and Canada initially laid plans to occupy points of interest on the island, but the United States, still neutral, firmly rejected &quot;third party&quot; intervention there.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>On 9 April 1941, the anniversary of the German occupation </i>{of Denmark}<i>, the Danish </i>{ambassador Henrik}<i> Kauffmann, against the instructions of his government, signed an executive agreement with Secretary of State Cordell Hull, allowing the presence of American troops and making Greenland a de facto U.S. protectorate.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>On 5 May 1945, Greenlanders celebrated the liberation of Denmark in Nuuk. The Greenland Administration under Eske Brun surrendered its emergency powers and again came under direct control from Copenhagen. Kauffmann returned to Copenhagen, where treason charges against him were dropped, and the Danish parliament ratified his agreement with the United States. The United States presence continued in decreasing numbers until the KauffmannHull agreement was replaced by a new base treaty in 1951. The successful experience of an independent Greenland led to a dramatic restructuring and modernization of Danish policy with respect to the colony.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>{1}{Today, Greenland} <i>is an autonomous constituent country within the Kingdom of Denmark.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>{1} <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_in_World_War_II" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_in_World_War_II" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_in_World_War_II</a></p><p><br /></p><p>{2} <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_in_World_War_II#Greenland_enters_the_war" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_in_World_War_II#Greenland_enters_the_war" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_in_World_War_II#Greenland_enters_the_war</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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