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50 Pennia large lettering
| Issuer | Grand Duchy of Finland |
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| Year | 1864-1871 |
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| Engraver(s) | Aleksander Fadejev |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1864 S - - 104,000 1865 S - - 1,184,000 1866 S - - 363,000 1868 S - - 140,000 1869 S - - 144,000 1869 S - slanted `9` - 1871 S - - 320,000 |
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Finland's first native coinage — authorized under Alexander II's 1860 monetary reform — established the markka system and broke Finnish currency free from the Swedish riksdaler and Russian ruble as everyday transactional units. The Helsinki Mint, reopened specifically for this purpose, struck the early issues with noticeably larger reverse lettering, a detail corrected in the KM#2.2 revision that followed. The distinction is subtle enough that mixed populations of the two varieties passed through commerce unnoticed for years.