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1 Króna
| Issuer | Iceland |
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| Year | 1946 |
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| Composition | Aluminium bronze |
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| Reverse description | The denomination numeral '1' appears prominently at center, flanked symmetrically by stylised sprigs of downy birch (Betula pubescens), the only tree native to Iceland, with their characteristic rounded leaves rendered in fine detail to left and right. The country name 'ÍSLAND' is inscribed in an arc along the upper periphery, and the denomination 'KRÓNA' follows in the lower legend, completing the circular inscription. The overall design is clean and uncluttered, with the botanical motif lending a distinctly Icelandic national character to the reverse. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Iceland's 1946 króna was among the first coins struck after the country formally declared independence from Denmark in June 1944, ending a constitutional union that had persisted since 1918 and a political relationship stretching back to 1380. The aluminium bronze composition was a postwar practicality — nickel and copper in purer forms remained constrained by wartime industrial priorities well into the mid-1940s.