Catalog
25 Pennia
| Issuer | Finland |
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| Year | 1940-1943 |
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| Thickness | 1.05 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1940 - - 72,000 1941 - - 5,980,000 1942 - - 6,464,000 1943 - - 4,912,000 |
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Finland's copper coinage of this period was a direct consequence of wartime metal scarcity. The original 25 pennia had been struck in cupro-nickel, but the Winter War and subsequent Continuation War forced successive material substitutions as strategic metals were diverted to the military. Copper was itself a compromise, and the series would be abandoned entirely before the decade was out.