Live auction - fwo_419901 - FINLAND - GRAND-DUCHY - ALEXANDER II 1 Markka 1874 Helsinki
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| Estimate : | 400 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 14 March 2017 17:39:10 |
Type : 1 Markka
Date: 1874
Mint name / Town : Helsinki
Quantity minted : 1002000
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 868 ‰
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Edge : en creux
Slab
PCGS : MS65
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire en état exceptionnel sous coque PCGS MS65
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : 94.48 KAPPALETTA NAULASTA SELWÄÄ HOPEATA // S.
Obverse description : Aigle héraldique bicéphale timbrée d'un écusson aux armes de la Finlande.
Reverse
Reverse legend : 1 / MAARKA / 1874.
Reverse description : Dans une couronne de feuilles de chêne.
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.
Historical background
FINLAND - GRAND-DUCHY - ALEXANDER II
(2/03/1855-13/03/1881)
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 II (04/29/1818 - 03/13/1881), son of Nicholas I, was a reforming tsar. He ends the Crimean War and signs the Treaty of Paris. He abolished serfdom in 1861 and carried out adjustments and reforms of Russian daily life. After the Polish revolt of 1863 and the increase in the number of nihilistic attacks, the emperor hardened his attitude and from liberal, returned to traditional autocracy. He was finally assassinated and his son Alexander III succeeded him..
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FINLAND - GRAND-DUCHY - ALEXANDER II 1 Markka 1874 Helsinki MS65 PCGS
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