Struck to commemorate the 1825 voyage of the sloop Restaurationen, which carried the first organized group of Norwegian emigrants to the United States — 52 Quakers and Haugeans departing Stavanger for New York. The replica was produced in connection with Norwegian-American heritage events marking the journey's anniversary.
The original 1825 2 skilling was a circulating copper issue of the Kongsberg Mint under Frederik VI.
Struck to commemorate the 1825 voyage of the sloop Restaurationen, which carried the first organized group of Norwegian emigrants to the United States — 52 Quakers and Haugeans departing Stavanger for New York. The replica was produced in connection with Norwegian-American heritage events marking the journey's anniversary.
The original 1825 2 skilling was a circulating copper issue of the Kongsberg Mint under Frederik VI.