A very small number of coins are needed to complete the Kingdom of Iceland, 54 to be precise(44 circulating, 7 proofs, and 3 medallic Issues).

Yet still, this nation is truly a difficult nation to complete, as the total production of all circulating and medallic coins is only 24,647,000 items(No mintage figures are available for the proofs, if you know the answer, I would love to hear it), and 41 of the 54 items have a mintage lower than the United States 1909svdb Lincoln Cent, in fact, only 7 coins have mintages of over 1,000,000, and the largest mintages were only 2,000,000. With 60 million people collecting World Coins, I think you can see a supply problem. Not counting the proof issues, only 10,000 sets can be completed.

The face value of the 24.647 million items was only 5,007,760 Icelandic Kronur, even though these coins were demonitized with the formation of the Republic Of Iceland in 1944, and replaced in 1946 with the New Kronur, these coins still floated freely out of need for coins. Though not truly legal tender, the face value dropped too 50,077.60 Icelandic Kronur in 1981 when there was a 100 to 1 remonitization. On 01-27-04, the Icelandic Kronur exchanged at a rate of 69.145 for 1 United States Dollar, this means that every coin produced by the Kingdom of Iceland, includings its out of nation productions from London, Germany, and Copenhagen, would now be worth $724.24.

Mint Marks for the Kingdom of Iceland were HCN-GJ, which means the Mint Master was Hans Christian Neilson(HCN) from 1922-1926, and the Moneyer was Knud Gunnar Jenson(GJ) from 1922-1940(though he actually served till 1955 with the Republic Of Iceland). During 1929-1940, it was changed to NGJ, with the N representing Niels Peter Nielson as the 2nd mintmaster. In the second half of 1940, coin production was moved to London, which has no Mintmark. London actually accounts for 17,261,000 of the coins produced, meaning that the Mint of Copenhagen(Indicated by a Heart shaped mint mark), which is actually located in Denmark, only produced 8,079,000 coins.

Monatary terms, Eyrir and Krona are the singular terms, Auror and Kronur are the plural terms, 100 Auror equals 1 Krona.

The Kingdom Of Iceland used the same flag as the Republic Of Iceland, however, the King Of Iceland Had his own Royal Standard.

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