Guest Aidan Work Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Here's a section for those interested in the numismatic history of Spitzbergen,which is a group of Norwegian-owned islands that have been mined by Arktikugol,a Russian mining company.Arktikugol have issued some token coins,most notably in 1946,1993,& 1998. Aidan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 OMG NO. That is NOT TRUE. Arktikugol is indeed a Russian mining company but they didn't have enough power to mint their own coins. Instead coins were minted by the Leningrad mint or now known as the Saint Petersburg mint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted June 25, 2005 Report Share Posted June 25, 2005 Hmm, Aidan just wrote that this company "issued" those things, not that it actually minted them. Perfectly OK except that I would classify them as something in between tokens and phantasy pieces but not really coins. Christian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tane Posted June 25, 2005 Report Share Posted June 25, 2005 1946 and 1993-issues were real coins (or tokens) which really circulated in Spitzbegen. The 1998 issue is purely a fantasy issue and has nothing to do with Arktikugol. The tokens were illegalized by the norwegians in 1993, and since then there are only fantasy coins made only for collectors, not for real use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted June 26, 2005 Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 Nevertheless, I still don't understand how Spitzbergen coins are minted accordingly to demand. It seems that for the recent commemorative issues, the Saint Petersburg mint produces only 1001 commemorative coins maximum at any stage, and honestly, I cannot understand to who they are marketed or rather why such an odd mintage. There are two ultra scarce 1kg spitzbergen kilo silver coin minted, but that is supposely trial strikes. For what purposes, we don't know. YES I FOUND THE LINK FOR THAT TRIAL COIN! Trial kilo silver Spitzbergen coin lol @ 9/11 The recent reverse Spitzbergen coins are usually minted about the world events, probably telling people at Spitzbergen how events are occuring around the world... Images can be found at http://www.chervonets.com and under rarities, and keep on hitting next... eventually you will find them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aidan Work Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 There are some Spitzbergen pieces listed in the new 2005 edition of the Krause Unusual World Coins catalogue.This includes the 10 Roubles commemorating the September 11th terrorist attacks in New York.It is a very bazarre commemorative depicting the moment that the second plane hit the Twin Towers. Aidan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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