This page contains control marks used in Finland from different eras. The pictures show good examples of the marks.
MARK |
USED |
|---|---|
| Oltermanni Line | 1689-1754 |
| Three Crowns | 1754-1809 |
| One Crown | 1810-2021 |
| Oval Import Crown | 1925-1998 |
| Angular Export Crown | 1974-1998 |
| CCM Control Mark | 1975- |
EXAMPLES
Turku 1742 year mark, Turku place mark, Jonas Lexell, Oltermanni control mark.
Swedish-Finnish year mark for 1781, control mark, Turku place mark, Anders Törnqvist vanh (senior).
Control mark (one crown), Olof Robert Lundgren, year mark 1852, Turku place mark.
Hugo Grün & Co Oy, control mark (from 1925 the crown inside an oval control mark signified an imported item), silver fineness mark 813H, Helsinki place mark, year mark for 1928.
The first mark is the CCM control mark. In accordance with the Vienna Convention, precious metal products due for export can be punched with domestic marks s long as they also bare the CCM control mark to prove that they comply with agreed inspection standards.
