Live auction - fwo_623463 - FINLAND - GRAND-DUCHY - ALEXANDER III 20 Markkaa 1879 Helsinki

FINLAND - GRAND-DUCHY - ALEXANDER III 20 Markkaa 1879 Helsinki MS

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Estimate :	550 €
Price :	695 €
Maximum bid :	700 €
End of the sale :	08 December 2020 19:49:19
bidders :	8 bidders

Type : 20 Markkaa

Date: 1879

Mint name / Town : Helsinki

Quantity minted : 300000

Metal : gold

Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰

Diameter : 21 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 6,46 g.

Edge : cannelée

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

La monnaie conserve tout son brillant d’origine. Petites traces de manipulation

Catalogue references :

KM19/ - F.2 - Uzd.4741

Obverse

Obverse legend : FINLAND - SUOMI.

Obverse description : Aigle héraldique bicéphale timbrée d'un écusson aux armes de la Finlande.

Reverse

Reverse legend : (ROSE) 5,806.. GRM. KULTAA. 0,645. GRM. KUPARIA.

Reverse description : 20/ MARKKAA/ -/ 1891.

Commentary

La Finlande avait obtenu en 1864 le droit de frapper monnaie. En adoptant l'étalon or en 1877, elle s'aligna sur le système de l'Union Latine et frappa des monnaies de 10 et de 20 markaa de 1878 à 1913. Les pièces sont frappées suivant les termes de la loi du 9 août 1877.

Historical background

FINLAND - GRAND-DUCHY - ALEXANDER III

(13/03/1881-1/11/1894)

Finland belonged to Sweden. After the interview at Tilsitt between Napoleon I and Alexander I, the Tsar conquered it, a cession confirmed by the Treaty of Frederikshamn in 1809. The Principality of Finland was erected into a Grand Duchy by the Act of Borgaa the same year and the capital transferred from Torku to Helsinki in 1812. Finland then experienced a century of tranquility until the Revolution of 1905. It regained its independence in 1917 and had to defend it with arms against the Bolsheviks (December 6, 1917). Alexander III (10/031845 - 1/11/1894) succeeded his father Alexander II after his assassination in 1881. He had married Mary of Denmark (1847-1928) and is the father of Nicolas II. He reigned as an autocrat.