New 50 kroner banknote in Norway

Issue nr.3
Mintage: 2500
Releaseprice: NOK 225,-

THE NEW 100-KORNER BANKNOTE IN NORWAY

Issue nr.7
Mintage: 4000
Releaseprice: NOK 295,-

Norway - Issue no. 61, Mintage: 800 covers.  

Numisletter of the year 2008

This series of numisletters started in 1999 and the issue of 2008 are than the 10th issue in this series.

In addition to the 5 ordinary current coins issued in 2008, a commemorative 10-krone coin was issued 17th June to commemorate the 200 years birthday of Henrik Wergeland. The motif on this coin is Wergeland's famous glasses, which also can be read as the year 200.

The motif on the miniatyrsheet with the stamp is Dovrefjell (name of the mountain) with Harald Hårfagre (the viking king who gatherd Norway to one kingdom) and Snefrid (his wife).
The myth say that Dovrefjell is the origin of the Norwegians and the Norwegian kings. In 1814 the National Assembly at Eidswoll (when Norway got the Constitution) wrote: Enig og tro til Dovre faller" (United and faithfull until Dovre is falling). Henrik Ibsen's play "Peer Gynt" and Edvard Grieg's music "Dovregubbens Hall" has made the name of Dovre mountain famous all over the world.

The mintage of this letter is 800 and cost NOK 340,- (for subscribers NOK 395,-)

In 2009 Norway can celebrate the National Anthem's 150 years anniversary. The text to "Ja, vi elsker" was first written as a political poem by the famous poet Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson in 1859. Five years later when Norway should commemorate the 50 years anniversary for the Constitution, Bjørnson changed part of the text in his poem and he asked his cousin, Rickard Nordraak, to compose a melody to the text. By this Norway got their new National Anthem.

The Post of Norway marked this Jubilee, by issuing a special stamp on the 17th April. The stamp shows Bjørnsons manuscript and children with banner and flag.
The coin used in this numisletter is the 10 kroner commemorative silvercoin issued in 1964 to commemorate the 150 years anniversary for the Constitution. This coin show the Building at Eidsvoll where the Constitution was written in 1814.
The pictuere on the envelope is showing the children procession in front of the Royal Castle a 17th May.
The first line of "Ja, vi elsker" in the lower part of the envelope.

This letter is made in 800 copies and cost NOK 425,- (for subscribers NOK 395,-)