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50 Øre - Haakon VII WW2 Exile Coinage
| Issuer | Norway |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Weight | 4.8 g |
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| Obverse description | Central circular hole surrounded by an equal-armed cross, each arm surmounted by a crown and bearing the royal cypher of King Haakon VII. The four quadrants formed by the cross arms each display the interlaced monogram 'H7'. A beaded border runs along the inner rim, with the patriotic legend encircling the design in the outer field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ·ALT·FOR·NORGE· (Translation: Everything for Norway) |
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When Germany occupied Norway in April 1940, the collaborationist Quisling regime took control of domestic minting at Kongsberg. The Norwegian government-in-exile, operating from London under Haakon VII, contracted the Kings Norton Metal Company in Birmingham to produce coinage that would maintain legitimate monetary continuity outside Nazi-controlled territory. The 1942 issues were struck entirely in Britain.
The nickel brass alloy was a wartime substitution — nickel itself was a strategic military metal, and the near-token amount retained in the composition reflects how tightly controlled non-ferrous metals were under wartime allocation in Britain.