This Philadelphia Mint (no mintmark) silver kronur was issued to commemorate the millennium of the New World's discovery by the Viking Leif Ericson. Ericson, the oldest son of Eric the Red, became the first European to set foot on North America. The U.S. and Iceland each authorized their own coin to mark the millennium of Ericson's discovery of the New World. The obverse shows an interpretation of the Stirling Calder statue of Ericson. The statue was given to the Icelandic government in 1930 by the United States to commemorate the millennium of the Iceland parliament. The reverse shows a stylized drawing of the Icelandic Coat of Arms, representing the country's four guardians: the eagle, the dragon, the bull and a giant. Order this historic coin today!