1 markka FINLAND (1940-1951)

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
21.0 mm	4.0 g	1.7 mm	Cu

obverse:

in the coin centre Finnish Coat of Arms divides year of issue; ring of pearls at the edge

reverse:

in the coin centre large face value: 1; along the bottom edge: MARKKA; along each of the left and right edge a spruce branch; ring of pearls at the edge

edge:

reeded

issue date:

withdrawal date:

1 I 1994

designer:

Isak Gustaf Sundell

mint:

Rahapaja Oy (The Mint), Vantaa (below sabre grip of the Coat of arms on the obverse initial S of Finnish mint director Sundell in years 1940-1943, or initial H of Helle in years 1949-1951)

mint marks

mintage:

1940	84 000	S
1941	8 966 000	S
1942	11 200 000	S
1943	7 460 000	S
1949	250	H
1950	320 000	H
1951	4 630 000	H

mint marks:

On Finnish coins produced after 1945 the following initials of directors of the Finnish Mint can be found:

• S - Isak Gustaf Sundell (in years 1912 - 1947)

• L - Vesa Uolevi Liuhto (1948)

• H - Peippo Uolevi Helle (1948 - 1958)

• S - Allan Alarik Soiniemi (1958 - 1975)

• K - Timo Kauko Koivuranta (1976 - 1983)

• N - Reino Tapio Nevalainen (1983 - 1987)

• M - Reino Tapio Makkonen (1987 - 2006)

last update: 12 VIII 2013

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