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Auction: 322 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 277

Iceland. Kingdom. Medallic Set for the Althing Millennium, 1930. Silver 10 and 5 Krónur and Bronze 2 Krónur, 1930. Privately struck at the Saxon State mint in Muldenhutten. The "King of Thule"/Elder seated l., blessing a kneeling boy and girl/Crowned Arms supported by Iceland's protective spirits; the first Norse permanent settler Ingólfur Arnarson standing facing/Art Deco dragon; Woman/Justice seated facing, holding aloft a torch/ Nordic cross quartering Iceland's landvættir - protective spirits: Gammur (the sea-eagle or griffin), Dreki (the dragon), Grithungur (the bull) and Bergrisi (the rock giant), who guarded the land from invasion by Harald Blatand ("Bluetooth") Gormsen of Denmark. Bruce XM1-3. The silver toned, and in original, individual cases. Choice Extremely Fine-About Uncirculated. (3)

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$220