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I found this coin in a junk box today. It looks as though it might be Russian due to the Cyrillic writing, but it is not. The rampant lion is reminiscent of Finnish coins, but the Cyrillic alphabet is not used in Finland. Finally, I used my standard catalogs to check the Baltic States, and no match was found their either. So, I'm stumped on this one. Any help would be appreciated! Image:  unknown1obv.jpg34.03 KB Image: unknown1rev.jpg37.08 KB |
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The rampant lion is reminiscent of Finnish coins, but the Cyrillic alphabet is not used in Finland. Finland was controlled by Imperial Russia in the late 19th and early 20th century and all things Russian were forced on the native Finnish population, the cyrillic alphabet would be included. Russification of FinlandEdited by biokemist6
01/07/2009 8:10 pm
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Yep.  Bulgaria 2 stotinki. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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all things Russian were forced on the native Finnish population, the cyrillic alphabet would be included.
--excepting the Russian language, as either Swedish or Finnish was spoken by the populace--but not Russian. There was never a Russian settlement imposed upon Finland as was the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania--which I think was a real advantage for later independence and the WWII conflict outcome. And I haven't seen a Finland coin under Russian control with any Russian in the legends. Eurocoin or any other Finnish members please correct me.  |
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KurtS- you are totally right about the Cyrillic alphabet being imposed upon the Baltic peoples but not upon the Finnish. And, yes, there was never a Finnish coin that has Cyrillic writing upon it.
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This Bulgarian coin was minted by the Monnaie de Paris, by the way. Note the cornucopia mintmark and the name of the engraver ...
Christian
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That's right, Chrisild-- it's got the cornucopia and the torch! The number two digit looks identical to the 2 used on the French 2 centimes coins...
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