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25 Aurar
| Issuer | Iceland |
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| Year | 1946-1967 |
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| Weight | 2.4 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The denomination '25 AURAR' is prominently displayed in the center of the field, with the country name 'ÍSLAND' inscribed above. Sprays of pubescent birch (Betula pubescens), Iceland's only endemic tree, frame the central legend to the left and right, their stylized leaves and branches forming a decorative border around the inscription. |
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Iceland's postwar coinage underwent a quiet but deliberate overhaul following the country's formal declaration of independence from Denmark in June 1944. The copper-nickel alloys adopted for these smaller denominations reflected both wartime material lessons and the practical demands of a fishing-economy nation where coins moved through wet, rough-handled conditions constantly.
The series ran long enough to span Iceland's admission to NATO in 1949 and the first Cod War with Britain — a period of considerable economic and political flux for a young republic.