Watch List notes:

ICELAND: Christian X, 1918-1944, AE 2 aurur, 1942, KM-6.2, struck at the British Royal Mint, PCGS graded MS64 RB, ex Joe Sedillot Collection. In 1940 the Royal Mint received an order for five denominations from 1 eyrir to 25 aurar, soon to be followed by additional orders for 1 króna and 2 krónur coins. Striking at the Royal Mint commenced after a night during which the windows and roofs had been wrecked by enemy action so, as the Deputy Master put it in his Annual Report, 'a glacial wind whirled round the coining presses to inaugurate this coinage of Iceland'. The war, indeed, would present further challenges; with nickel in extremely high demand for munitions, it became necessary to strike the 1942-dated 10 and 25 aurar coins in the unsuitable metal of zinc rather than cupro-nickel.

Estimate: 50-75 USD