Norway (Danish rule) - 1800

2 Skilling
Obverse - Norway - 2 Skilling - 1800 Reverse - Norway - 2 Skilling - 1800
Obverse - Cypher of Christian VII (1766-1808), surmounted by a crown.
Reverse - * 2 * / SKILLING / DANSK / SKILLE- / MYNT . / 18 (Crossed hammers) 00 .
Mintmaster, I . G . M . Mintmaster Johan Georg Madelung (1797-1806)
Mint, Kongsberg
Size, 18 mm.
 
A paper-thin coin struck in Norway. At this time Norway was a possession of the Danish crown and would remain that way until 1814. The only way to tell that this coin is Norwegian is the mintmark. Otherwise identical coins were struck in Denmark at Altona and Copenhagen.