World coins chat: Greenland

Greenland, an integral part of the Danish realm is situated between the North Atlantic Ocean and the Polar Sea, almost entirely within the Arctic Circle. An island nation, it has an area of 840,000 sq. mi. (2,175,600 sq. km.) and a population of 57,000.
Capital: Nuuk (formerly Godthaab). Greenland is the world's only source of natural cryolite, a fluoride of sodium and aluminum important in making aluminum. Fish products and minerals are exported.
Eric the Red discovered Greenland in 982 and established the first settlement in 986. Greenland was a republic until 1261, when the sovereignty of Norway was extended to the island. The original colony was abandoned about 1400 when increasing cold interfered with the breeding of cattle. Successful recolonization was undertaken by Denmar1< in 1721. In 1921 Denmar1< extended its claim to include the entire island, and made it a colony of the crown in 1924. The island's colonial status was abolished by amendment to the Danish constitution on June 5, 1953, and Greenland became an integral part of the Kingdom of Denmark.
The last Greenlandic coins were withdrawn on July 1, 1967, and since then, Danish coins have been used. Greenland has had home rule since May 1, 1979.

MONETARY SYSTEM: 100 0re = 1 Krone

Token coinage was used by the following mining/trading companies:

Greenland Mining Ltd (1907-1914)
A. Gibbs & Sons (1863)
Oresund (1859-1865)
Ivigtut Cryolite Mining and Trading Ltd
Royal Greenland Trade Company
Thule-Kap York

Nice one Roy, haven't got much to add there and appreciate you are supporting me in this WCC project! Question is, is Greenland North America or is it Europe? Even though its Danish it is actually North American. The native Greenlanders relate to the Nunavut/Inuit people of Canada.

Regarding Greenland coins, the more official ones that circulated are the 1926 to 1944 series (of which I own 3) and the late 50's to early 60's series, of which I own 1. The recent pattern series are just a phantasy. There are plans to introduce separate coinage for Greenland but that has not been materialized (yet).

Apart from these non-official pattern strikes, there are some older tokens as well, as Roy already pointed out.

Now let me prepare for Jamaica...

jokinen
I found this paragraph on Wikipedia which agrees with your comments about Northern America

"During World War II, when Germany invaded Denmark, Greenlanders became socially and economically less connected to Denmark and more connected to the United States and Canada. After the war, Denmark resumed control of Greenland and in 1953, converted its status from colony to overseas amt (county). Although Greenland is still a part of the Kingdom of Denmark, it has enjoyed home rule since 1979. In 1985, the island became the only territory to leave the European Union, which it had joined as a part of Denmark in 1973; the Faroes had never joined."

I have KM#5, #7 & #8 all dated 1926

I don't know how to add Greenland to the index and hope that someone will do this for me.

Roy

Citação: numismaticroyI don't know how to add Greenland to the index and
 hope that someone will do this for me.

I added it now, and Jamaica. Thanks  

Citação: ZacUKI added it now, and Jamaica. Thanks  

I knew it was you. Making my job easy

Many years ago, when I was in 5th grade elementary school back in Guatemala we were studying the geography of the Americas and it included Greenland, with the explanation that geographically Greenland was American, but politically it was European, kind of like Colombia that geographically it is Central American, but politically they are South American.

Carlos55, Do you mean Panama, which was earlier part of Colombia, and not Colombia, which certainly is South American?

Will

Yes Panama, I got distracted for a second there. Thanks for the correction.

I own one Greenland coin, can get more but I just want from evry country one coin :).

Coins from Greenland are expensive. I thought about getting a coin from there at a local coin shop, but the coin cost $100 so I had to pass on it.

Citação: "frncsbrennan"​Coins from Greenland are expensive. I thought about getting a coin from there at a local coin shop, but the coin cost $100 so I had to pass on it.

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Not sure which type you saw but in the range of 15-20 Euro you can get some of the Greenland types

On my quest for 300 Countries, i recently picked up a Greenland 25 Ore...


Of course, my historical research took me on a somewhat different path....

Polar or White Bear?
Most of us know the "Polar Bear" as the poster child for global warming. But, historically these animals were not found in the Arctic ONLY.
Wikipedia
Constantine John Phipps was the first to describe the polar bear in 1774. Scientific name Ursus maritimus or "maritime bear". Oldest fossil record (DNA) is approximately 150,000 years. They are found mostly within the Arctic Circle with some as far south as Newfoundland Island. This apex predator is a marine mammal spending most of its life at sea. Average weight of the males is 300 - 700kg with the females about half of that weight. Largest on record (1960) weighed in at over 2,000 lb (900 kg) and stood over 11 feet tall on its hind legs.
Historically
In the mid 1980's a famous Canadian author, Farley Mowart, wrote a book entitled "Sea of Slaughter". His research covered the writings of early explorers to the New World with specific reference to birds (sea and air), hide/fur bearing animals, fish, whales, and finfeet (seals, walrus, etc.). The chapter White Ghost gives a somewhat different account of their Arctic heritage......
1st Century Romans were familiar with the name White Bear, in simple contradistinction to the Brown Bear found throughout Eurasia. Before the Christian era, tribal chiefs and kings considered them one of their proudest possessions. Japanese records dating to AD 658 venerated these creatures as agents of the supernatural. In 1253, King Henry III had a live White Bear in the Tower of London. A lone map from John Cabot's 1497 voyage to the New World carries in the Legend "[Here] there are many white bears." As early as 1575, the Gulf of St. Lawrence was particularly "infested" with White Bears and in the 18th century, one was killed as far south as the Gulf of Maine.
To say that global warming has squeezed White Bears into a small "Polar" region is quite literally bullshit. I leave you with this 1909 account of Ernest Thompson Seton: "It has been the custom of Arctic travellers to kill all the Polar Bears they could. It did not matter whether the travellers needed the carcasses or not. In recent years this senseless slaughter increased, since more travellers went north and deadlier weapons were carried. One Arctic explorer told me that he personally had killed 200 Polar Bears and had secured but few of them.".
Pass me the Coca Cola.

Citação: "frncsbrennan"​Coins from Greenland are expensive. I thought about getting a coin from there at a local coin shop, but the coin cost $100 so I had to pass on it.

​I'm hearing this quite a lot on this forum, but I'm guessing it depends where you are from. Here in Denmark you can get a Greenland coin relatively cheaply though. The 1926 25 øre and 50 øre are regularly selling for $10-15 on the Danish auction site I use.

Even not from Denmark it's quite easy to find... Maybe easier as European as well but shipping costs won't make such a difference I think.

Old thread revival. Since yesterday, I believe Greenland catalogue is complete as all missing tokens were added. :)

I miss numismaticroy so much!

There is a sometimes comical border situation between Denmark and Canada involving a small island known as Hans Island that lies right between Greenland and Canada. There are many border disputes in the word but the "long struggle for Hans Island is unique, not only because of who's involved and how they've handled it, but also because of how this sometimes cheeky feud — waged mainly with flags, liquor bottles and bluster — could foreshadow more serious geopolitical wrangling in the Arctic".

Can't someone add to the 1 krone from 1926, all three version which exists, instead of only one. If there is some who want to collect all three versions. If that makes sense..?
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces6962.html