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Auction: 317 - The Collector's Series
Lot: 870

Greenland. Thule - Kap York. 10 Kroner Token, 1932. Aluminum. Rare with a mintage of only 500 pieces. Sieg 36, KM Tn10. Set on the Hayes Peninsula in northwestern Greenland, the Thule (Gaanaaq) - Kap York Arctic Trading station was established in 1910 by Polar explorer Knud Rasmussen and his associate Peter Freuchen, who served as the trading station's first manager until 1920. Rasmussen named the village which sprung up around the Kap York trading station, Thule. The United States currently maintains an airbase there. At 750 miles north of the Arctic Circle, it is the USAF's northernmost base. Faint pesting as typical, Extremely Fine.

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