5 markkaa FINLAND (1946-1952)

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
23.0 mm	4.55 g	1.7 mm	CuZn

obverse:

in the coin centre Finnish Coat of Arms; in the background two crossed spruce branches, which divide the year of issue on their bottom; ring of pearls at the edge

reverse:

in the coin centre large face value: 5 in a wreath of two spruce branches; along the bottom edge: MARKKAA; along the top edge: SUOMEN TASAVALTA (Republic of Finland in Finnish); 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 the Coat of Arms on the obverse initial S of Finnish mint director Sundell in years 1946-1947, or initial L of Liuhto in 1948, or initial H of Helle in years 1949-1952)

mint marks

mintage:

1946	5 538 000	S
1947	6 550 000	S
1948	8 210 000	L
1949	11 014 000	H
1950	4 762 000	H
1951	7 798 000	H
1952	1 210 000	H

varieties:

1949 - narrow or wide initial H of the mint director

1949, 1950 - five needles hang right over the letter 'M' in MARKKAA on the reverse and they are all equal length, or six needles and half of them is shorter

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: 9 III 2016

coins catalogue :: katalog monet :: münzkatalog :: catalogue de monnaies :: catálogo de monedas :: catalogo monete :: каталог монет :: κέρματα κατάλογος :: COINZ.eu