Finland 1888 5 pennia
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This specimen was lot 815 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $156. The catalog description[1] noted, "FINLAND: Alexander III, Grand Duke, 1881-1894, AE 5 penniä, 1888, a lovely mint state example! PCGS graded MS63 BN." This type was struck 1888, 1889 and 1892 and is fairly common. The prior type (KM 4.2) had the monogram of Alexander II.
Recorded mintage: 600,000.
Specifications: 6.4 g, copper, 25 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-11.
- 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 55, featuring Selections from the Swamperbob Gurney Collection of Cap & Ray 8 Reales, the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins and the 1914 Collection of World Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2026.
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