Catalog
1 Markka
| Issuer | Finland |
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| Year | 1928-1940 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | The Finnish coat of arms occupies the central field, depicting a crowned rampant lion to the left, its right foreleg replaced by an armoured hand brandishing a sword, while the hind paws trample upon a sabre. The shield is rendered in fine relief with heraldic cross-hatching. The date is divided by the lower portion of the shield, with the year numerals appearing to each side. A mintmaster's initial appears below the date in the lower field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Finland's copper-nickel coinage of the interwar period was produced under the shadow of a country still consolidating its monetary independence following the 1917 declaration and the brutal civil war that followed. The Helsinki Mint — one of the few national mints to operate continuously through the turmoil of the early republic — struck this series across a twelve-year run that ended as the Winter War with the Soviet Union began.
The 1940 issues are notably scarce, with production curtailed by wartime disruption.