Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
25 Pennia
| Issuer | Finland |
|---|---|
| Year | 1940-1943 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The large numeral '25' dominates the central field in bold relief, flanked symmetrically on either side by upswept grain sprigs curving inward from the lower field toward the upper rim. The denomination legend 'PENNIÄ' is inscribed along the lower arc in widely spaced capital letters. A fine toothed border runs along the entire circumference of the coin. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
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.