200 markkaa FINLAND (1956-1959)

200 markkaa 1956-1959 - coins of Finland

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
27.5 mm	8.3 g	2.0 mm	Ag ₅₀₀

obverse:

in the coin centre Finnish Coat of Arms; along the top edge: SUOMEN TASAVALTA (Republic of Finland in Finnish); along the bottom edge year of issue; ring of pearls at the edge

reverse:

in the coin centre large face value: 200 (markkaa); around it tree tops; along the bottom edge: MARKKAA; ring of pearls at the edge

edge:

reeded

issue date:

withdrawal date:

1 I 1994

designer:

Peippo Uolevi Helle

mint:

Rahapaja Oy (The Mint), Vantaa (between a trunk and right edge of the reverse initial H of Finnish mint director Helle in years 1956-1958 or initial S of Soiniemi in years 1958-1959)

mintage:

1956	1 552 000	H
1957	2 157 000	H
1958	1 477 000	H
1958	34 000	S
1959	70 500	S

varieties:

1957 - letters S and U w SUOMEN on the obverse far away from each other or letters S and U close to each other

1958 - coins with initial of mint's director Helle H or Soiniemi S

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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