25 Penniä 1917 S

50 Penniä 1911 L

1 Markka 1915 S

2 Markkaa 1906 L

These coins were minted in Helsinki, Finland. Coins bear the russian imperial eagle with finnish coat of arms on its breast. This series was minted until 1917, when after revolution emperor was replaced by provisional government.


50 Penniä 1917 S

Krause tells these are "civil war issues", but how can they be, since the civil war of Finland began in 1918? It's true that some(5p and 25p) of the coins were minted during the civil war, but still it isn't right. Krause also tells these are "Kerenski government issues", they're not. The design of the new coins was only announced to Petrograd Government, rather than asking them to approve it.

Mintmasters(actually directors of the mint) initials on this series:
L = Johan Lihr (1885-1912)
S = Isac Sundell (1912-1947)

Tane or Sir Susu, how likely are die cracked Finnish-Russo coins exist?

I have one here, not great quality but here it is:



Crack is on the left side of the double headed eagle.

They are quite common, especially in the last coins because of rather large mintages. You can see a crack on my 25 Penniä too.

I have an 1890 25 penniä with a fairly strong die crack located at about 05:00 on the obverse. I have not examined all of mine however.