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Obverse
Legend, center hole

Script: Latin

Lettering:
* THULE *
KAP YORK

Reverse
Center hole divides date and denomination

Script: Latin

Lettering:
5
1910

Edge
Plain

Mint
L. Chr. Lauer Mint (Münzprägeanstalt L. Chr. Lauer), Nuremberg, Germany (1790-1924)

Comments
These were made for use at the explorer And missionary Knud Rasmussen's established Thule-Kap York trading station. Establish in 1910. Located in north-western Greenland, which Rasmussen named it "Thule" . Thule is from classical and medieval literature, meaning of any distant place located beyond the "borders of the known world".

Location - Greenland (Denmark) 
Issuing entity - Knud Rasmussen - Thule-Kap York Trading Station
Type - Trade tokens › Business tokens
Year - 1910 (1913)
Value - 5 Øre (0.05 DKK)
Currency - Krone (1873-date)
Composition - Aluminium
Weight - 0.5 g
Diameter - 18 mm
Shape - Round with a round hole
Technique - Milled
Demonetized - 1 August 1937
Number - N#20365
References - KM# Tn5.1, SIEG# 6.1

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Greenland. 5 Øre 1910 / Thule-Kap York MS63

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