Finland 1871 penni
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This specimen was lot 74769 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $630. The catalog description[1] noted, "FINLAND. Penni, 1871. Alexander II of Russia. PCGS MS-65 Red Brown. The sole finest graded example." This type is listed for 1864-71 and was struck for Finland by the czarist administration. It is priced substantially higher than the later type (KM 1.2, with dentilated border) of 1872-76. Russian defeats in World War One enabled the Finns, who had long chafed under Russian rule, to declare independence.
Recorded mintage: 1,500,000.
Specification: 1.28 g, copper, 15 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-1.1.
- Bitkin, Vladimir, Composite Catalogue of Russian Coins, Part II (1740-1917), Kiev: Moneta, 2003.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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