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| Issuer | Norway |
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| Year | 1809-1810 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#275 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1809 - with rosettes - 251,000 1809 - with stars - 1810 - - 3 |
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Norway in 1809–1810 was still formally under Danish rule, with Frederik VI having assumed the Danish throne in 1808. The Napoleonic Wars had severed British naval supply lines to Denmark-Norway, triggering a severe copper shortage that paradoxically coincided with emergency copper coinage issues — metal sourced in part from confiscated church bells and requisitioned hardware.
KM#275 was struck at the Kongsberg mint, which struggled with inconsistent planchet quality throughout this period. The union dissolved in 1814 at Kiel, making all Danish-authority Norwegian issues from this window historically terminal.