(A TIMELINE OF FINLANDS CURRENCY SYSTEM – Thank you to Mr. Zahir from MTrading.my for providing this content, not originally written by DaxTrader.co.uk)

As it is now, Finland’s currency system seems stable regardless of having undergone a series of impediments in the process. We take a break from the technical analysis to explore a brief history of Finland’s currency system.

One time, it introduced its own monetary unit, the markka, but the status of which, as a legal tender, was revoked. Nonetheless, it has an intriguing back-story; due to its history, many international investors and member countries of the Euro Zone reveal that they’re considering the idea of a parallel currency – a parallel Finnish currency. Here’s a look at the development of Finland’s currency system throughout time:

A TIMELINE OF FINLAND’S CURRENCY SYSTEM – 1600s

Like exchange systems in most places during the early years, there was no solid monetary unit in Finland; the activity of trading goods started with ore, copper, silver, gold, and other metals as the payment. Due to the impact of Europe’s 30-year war among its countries during this period, the value of such payment modes gradually rose. Consequently, the components of the trading system became strict that fixed values were assigned to certain assets; for instance 2 cows amounted to 25 grams of silver.

A TIMELINE OF FINLAND’S CURRENCY SYSTEM – 1700s

The term and monetary unit daler was introduced; in most cases, 1 silver daler, 1 ore daler, 1 gold daler, etc. are equal. Eventually, the money system underwent a revision; additional names were proposed. More importantly, instead of the monetary unit daler, riskdaler took its place.

A TIMELINE OF FINLAND’S CURRENCY SYSTEM – 1800s (Early & Middle Periods)

During Russia’s rule in Finland, the monetary unit riskdaler was in circulation; an increasing number of Russians insisted on bringing their own monetary units (or silver rubels and kopeks) into the country. Consequently, a variety of price transactions was adopted and an improved trading system, rather than just exchanging goods for metals, became possible.

A TIMELINE OF FINLAND’S CURRENCY SYSTEM – 1800s (Later Years)

As Russia’s rule in Finland came to an end, Finnish authorities persisted on establishing their own monetary unit: the markka (meaning a squirrel’s skin in Finnish), which was, then, divided into a hundred pennis. Based on the value of the Russians’ silver rubels, 1 markka was equivalent to ¼ of the silver rubel.

A TIMELINE OF FINLAND’S CURRENCY SYSTEM – 1900s

For almost a century, Finland’s currency system was rather solid; it wasn’t involved in shady transactions and other finance-related controversies. Since it has already established the markka, it fared in local, then in international financial markets, with the monetary unit.

A TIMELINE OF FINLAND’S CURRENCY SYSTEM – 1990s, 2000s & Beyond

Finland, regarding its currency system, raised the bar by joining the EMU or the Economic & Monetary Union and adopted the euro as its other currency. Due to the problem caused by dual currency circulation, the Finnish markka, was withdrawn as a legal tender

A TIMELINE OF FINLANDS CURRENCY SYSTEM

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