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<p>[QUOTE="jlblonde, post: 1390180, member: 32000"]Apologies for my after 3 pint reply from the pub last night. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Well then Sir. Here we go. :thumb:</p><p><br /></p><p>Post WWII the Finnish economy was in recession. Brass is cheaper than AL-Bronze so the mint changed composition mid year. Also the higher values (10 & 20 Markkaas) were not in production after the war. With in six years from 1946 to 1952 the Finnish government revalued it's currency and the 5 Markkaa in 1952 was minted in iron then later in nickel plated iron. The higher values of 10 and 20 Markkaa resumed in AL-Bronze but were smaller in size.</p><p><br /></p><p>Collectors of Finnish coins highly value the 5 Markkaa that was produced during and just after WWII because it was the highest value coin for general circulation, plus the strikes are crude because of the complications of minting coins during the war.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jlblonde, post: 1390180, member: 32000"]Apologies for my after 3 pint reply from the pub last night. :confused: Well then Sir. Here we go. :thumb: Post WWII the Finnish economy was in recession. Brass is cheaper than AL-Bronze so the mint changed composition mid year. Also the higher values (10 & 20 Markkaas) were not in production after the war. With in six years from 1946 to 1952 the Finnish government revalued it's currency and the 5 Markkaa in 1952 was minted in iron then later in nickel plated iron. The higher values of 10 and 20 Markkaa resumed in AL-Bronze but were smaller in size. Collectors of Finnish coins highly value the 5 Markkaa that was produced during and just after WWII because it was the highest value coin for general circulation, plus the strikes are crude because of the complications of minting coins during the war.[/QUOTE]
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