10 Kronor 1983

This 1983 Swedish 10 Kronor coin depicts Alfred Nobel on its obverse, a rare honor for the inventor whose dynamite funded the prizes that celebrate peace and science.

That portrait, based on a photograph from the 1890s, was engraved by Swedish artist Sven Stolpe, who captured Nobel's intense gaze with surprising detail for a circulating coin. The reverse shows the Nobel Prize medallion, symbolizing the centennial of an award that has recognized everything from literature to physics since 1901.

Mintage figures are murky; official records from the Swedish Royal Mint for that year are incomplete, possibly due to archival shifts in the 1990s.

It's cupro-nickel, like most modern kronor, and was intended for everyday use despite its theme.

Explosives made Nobel rich; irony doesn't get much plainer.