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1000 Markkaa Independence
| Issuer | Bank of Finland |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents an abstract modernist composition depicting a cluster of geometric square and rectangular forms, suggestive of ice floes or fragmented light, set against a background of flowing wave-like engraved lines radiating across the field. The denomination 1000 MK is inscribed in bold relief along the lower rim. The mint mark S and the designer's initial M are discreetly placed to the left and right within the field respectively. The overall design reflects a distinctly Finnish aesthetic sensibility, evoking the northern landscape. |
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| Mintage | 1992 S - - 35,000 |
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Issued to mark the 75th anniversary of Finnish independence, declared on December 6, 1917, at a moment when the country was still navigating the chaos following the Russian Revolution. The timing of that original declaration was itself disputed within the Finnish Senate — the vote passed, but the new state's survival depended almost immediately on a brutal civil war fought in early 1918 between Red and White factions, leaving roughly 36,000 dead in under four months.
KM#72 had a mintage of 10,000 pieces, struck at the Helsinki Mint before its privatization later in the decade.