Note 6 — VIII. CEREMONIES, WEDDINGS, ETC.
Reading edition
The New Currency of Norway.—This change from the old specie dollar and skillings came into force on January 1st, 1877, when specie dollars, marks or orts, and skillings became matters of history. The new régime is as follows:—
KRONE AND ØRE.
Silver. 1 krone = 30 skillings of old Norwegian money = 1s. 1¼d.
1 krone is divided into 100 øre.
Silver coins are 1 kroner. Copper coins are 1 øre, 2 øre, 5 øre.
½ krone = 50 øre. ¼ krone = 25 øre. 10 krone = 1000 øre. Gold Coins (scarce; gold coins having been introduced only in 1875). 10 kroner pieces and 20 krone. Notes. 5 kr., 10 kr., 25 kr., 50 kr., 100 kr., 500 kr., 1000 kr. 18 kroner = one sovereign English.