Norway issued this coin to commemorate the centenary of Roald Amundsen's 1911 expedition, the first to reach the South Pole — not the North. The "North Pole" issuer designation here refers to a private minting authority producing legal-tender commemoratives licensed through smaller jurisdictions, a practice that generates collector pieces with nominal face values but no realistic circulation history.
Norway issued this coin to commemorate the centenary of Roald Amundsen's 1911 expedition, the first to reach the South Pole — not the North. The "North Pole" issuer designation here refers to a private minting authority producing legal-tender commemoratives licensed through smaller jurisdictions, a practice that generates collector pieces with nominal face values but no realistic circulation history.