E-auction 161-98573 - fwo_393209 - FINLAND 1 Markka Grand-Duché de Finlande 1865 Helsinki

FINLAND 1 Markka Grand-Duché de Finlande 1865 Helsinki VF

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Estimate :	40 €
Price :	26 €
Maximum bid :	31 €
End of the sale :	16 May 2016 17:42:30
bidders :	7 bidders

Type : 1 Markka Grand-Duché de Finlande

Date: 1865

Mint name / Town : Helsinki

Quantity minted : 1673000

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 868 ‰

Diameter : 24 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 4,97 g.

Edge : en creux

Catalogue references :

KM.19/3.1

Obverse

Obverse description : écu de Finlande sur un aigle bicéphale héraldique couronné.

Reverse

Reverse description : dans une couronne de feuilles de chêne, inscriptions sur trois lignes : 1 / MARKKA / 1865.

Commentary

En 1809, par le traité de Fredrikshamm, le Suède cède la Finlande au Tsar Alexandre Ier. Le Grand-Duché de Finlande devient un territoire autonome dont le Grand-Duc est le tsar. Il devient indépendant, le 6 décembre 1917.
In 1809, by the Treaty of Fredrikshamm, Sweden ceded Finland to Tsar Alexander I. The Grand Duchy of Finland became an autonomous territory with the Grand Duke as Tsar. It became independent on December 6, 1917.