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5 Kroner Christian Radich, Norway
| Issuer | Shetland Islands |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Value | 5 Kroner |
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| Reverse description | The field features a raised relief map of the northwestern European coastline, with a dotted line tracing the route of the 1999 Cutty Sark Tall Ships' Race. A group of five national flags rendered in relief is displayed prominently in the lower field, representing participating nations. The 'ECLIPSE 99' event logo appears to the lower right of the map. The circumferential legend 'CUTTY SARK TALL SHIPS' RACES' arcs along the upper border, while the race port cities and the year '1999' are inscribed along the lower periphery in raised Latin lettering. |
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| Mintage | 1999 - 250 |
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The Christian Radich is a Norwegian full-rigged ship launched in 1937 and still in active service as a sail training vessel — one of the few such ships anywhere that remains genuinely seaworthy rather than museum-bound. The Shetland Islands issued this piece as a local commemorative currency, a practice the islands pursued aggressively through the 1990s under their own administrative licensing arrangements, tying their issues to Norwegian maritime themes given the deep historical and geographic ties between Shetland and Scandinavia.
The denomination in Norwegian Kroner rather than Sterling is the detail that rewards attention here.