Norway ½ skilling 1867

Norway · 1867 · ½ skilling

Circulating coinUncommonUNC · Uncirculated

€3.94estimate in UNC

3,600,000coins minted

KM329 N8498

JSReference number JSJS-P1ZOU

Circulating coin

½ skilling of Charles XV (1867-1872)

The coin's story

This copper ½ skilling coin was struck in 1867 under Charles XV, King of Sweden and, as Charles IV, King of Norway from 1859 to 1872. The skilling was the small change of the speciedaler: 240 half skillings made one speciedaler. The obverse bears the crowned shield with the Norwegian lion holding an axe, between the letters of the royal monogram. The type was struck only from 1867 to 1872, shortly before the change to the krone. The krone, divided into 100 øre, replaced the speciedaler in 1875, when Norway joined the Scandinavian Monetary Union founded by Sweden and Denmark in 1873. The 1867 date has 3,600,000 pieces.

ObverseThe Arms of Norway

CL XV

Design: The crowned rectangular shield with the crowned Norwegian lion holding an axe, on a background of vertical lines.
Monogram: CL XV (Charles XV).

CLEngraved by Caspar Herman Langberg

ReverseThe Value

1/2 SKILLING 1867

Design: The value within a ring with a lined background, the date divided by the mint mark.
Denomination: ½ SKILLING.
Date: 1867.
Mark: ⚒, the Kongsberg Mint.

CLEngraved by Caspar Herman Langberg