Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
5 Kroner - Harald V 50th Anniversary - United Nations
| Issuer | Norges Bank |
|---|---|
| Year | 1995 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | 2.23 mm |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The reverse features a standing full-length figure of Trygve Lie, first Secretary-General of the United Nations, depicted with arms outstretched in a welcoming gesture toward a group of children dancing in a circle around an olive branch sapling to the left. An olive sprig appears to the lower right of the central figure, beside the name 'TRYGVE LIE' inscribed in two lines. At the bottom centre, the UN emblem is incorporated into the numeral '50', commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations. The circumferential legend 'NASJONER I FORENING FOR FRED · 1945 1995' runs along the upper arc. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Norway joined the United Nations as a founding member in 1945, and Trygve Lie — a Norwegian — became the organization's first Secretary-General that same year. This coin marks the UN's 50th anniversary, issued the year Lie's compatriots could reasonably claim the organization as partly their own invention. Harald V had acceded to the throne only in 1991, making this one of his earlier commemorative issues.