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20 Kroner - Harald V Millennium
| Issuer | Royal Norwegian Mint |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Value | 20 Kroner |
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| Obverse lettering | HARALD V · NORGES KONGE ⚒ JEJ (Translation: Harald V, King of Norway) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Norway's millennium coinage was tied directly to the country's long-running focus on its Viking-age Christian conversion — the year 1000 being the approximate date Leif Eriksson reached North America and, more significantly in Norwegian national memory, the moment Christianity became the dominant faith under Olav Tryggvason. The coin was issued as a single commemorative circulation piece rather than part of a broader collector series, which means circulated survivors are genuinely common and uncirculated examples require no premium logic beyond condition.