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25 Øre - Oscar II
| Issuer | Norway |
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| Year | 1876 |
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| Diameter | 17 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the elaborately engraved royal cypher of Oscar II — the interlaced initials 'O II' in ornate script — surmounted by a large royal crown with arched bands and jewelled rim. The monogram rests on a decorative foliate base with scrollwork flourishes. A beaded inner border frames the design, and the legend BRODERFOLKENES VEL curves around the upper and right periphery in Roman capitals. |
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| Mintage | 1876 - - 3,200,000 |
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Oscar II acceded to the Norwegian throne in 1872 following the death of his brother Karl XV, and the coinage reforms of the mid-1870s coincided almost exactly with Norway's entry into the Scandinavian Monetary Union in 1875. That agreement — between Norway, Sweden, and Denmark — pegged their respective currencies to a shared gold standard and forced a wholesale redesign of circulating silver, explaining why so many Norwegian types appear or are substantially revised in 1876.
KM#354 was struck at Kongsberg, the only mint Norway operated throughout the nineteenth century.