Catalogus
| Uitgever | Iceland |
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| Jaar | 1942 |
| Type | Log in om details te zien |
| Waarde | Log in om details te zien |
| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Gewicht | Log in om details te zien |
| Diameter | Log in om details te zien |
| Dikte | Log in om details te zien |
| Vorm | Log in om details te zien |
| Techniek | Log in om details te zien |
| Oriëntatie | Log in om details te zien |
| Graveur(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| In omloop tot | Log in om details te zien |
| Referentie(s) | KM#1a, Schön#4a, SIEG#12, Hede#6 |
| Beschrijving voorzijde | The obverse bears the Icelandic coat of arms accompanied by the crowned royal monogram of King Christian X of Denmark. The monogram 'C X R' appears within the design, surmounted by a royal crown. The date 1942 is inscribed in the field, and the overall composition reflects the Danish royal authority over Iceland during this period. |
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| Schrift voorzijde | Latin |
| Opschrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
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| Rand | Log in om details te zien |
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| Oplage | Log in om details te zien |
| Aanvullende informatie |
Iceland struck zinc coinage in 1942 because the German occupation of Denmark had severed normal supply lines and strategic metals were unavailable. The shift from copper-zinc alloy to unalloyed zinc was a wartime expedient, not a monetary reform. Christian X, though king of an occupied Denmark, remained on Icelandic coinage — Iceland had only established its own government in 1940 and would not become a republic until 1944, when the union with Denmark was formally dissolved while the king sat under German house arrest in Copenhagen.