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10 Øre (Ivigtut Cryolite Mining)
Country: Greenland
(Denmark)
Denomination: 10 Øre
(0.1)
Year: 1922
Material: Copper-nickel
Weight: 2.4 g
Shape: Round
Diameter: 17 mm
Type: Token
Catalog list: greenlanddenmark
Description:
Obverse
Central design of a seated polar bear facing left; inside a shield which has a winged miner's helmet on top, a hammer and tool on left, a spade and pick axe on right.
Ivigtut is the only locality outside of Siberia which is known to produce the mineral kryolite (or kryolith) used in the manufacture of aluminium
Reverse
Denomination in the center, lettering around
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