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penni|ˈpɛniː|
Pl. penni, penniä |-iaː|.
[Finn.]
a. A Finnish monetary unit, equal to 1/100 markka.
b. The name of the coin equal to this amount.
1893W. C. Hazlitt Coinage of European Continent 222 Penni, pl. pennia, a Russian copper coin struck for Finland = a French centime. 1903[see markka]. 1957Whitaker's Almanack 1958 964 Finland... Markka of 100 Penni. 1970R. A. G. Carson Coins (ed. 2) 397 In the later nineteenth century a distinctive coinage began to be issued by the czars of Russia as grand-dukes of Finland. The monetary unit was the silver mark, divided into 100 pennia... A monetary reform in 1963 introduced a new markka equivalent to 100 old markkaa. The types of the former 1 and 5 markkaa coins have been retained for the new 1 and 2 pennia pieces in bronze. 1974Encycl. Brit. Macropædia VII. 306/2 The markkaa (made up of 100 pennia) was devaluated in 1949, 1957, and 1967. |