Aland Islands. Autonomous 3-Piece Mint Set 1991 Prooflike UNC, 1) 10 Daler, KM-X1.2 2) 50 Daler, KM-X2.2 3) 100 Daler, KM-X3.2 KM-XMS1. Each piece with ÅLANDS FÖRSTA MYNT 26.04.1991 ("Aland's first coinage") stamped on the edge, purportedly struck from a mint of 5000. Extremely rare, even more so as a set, with the present offering, still preserved in the original mint folder, perhaps the only surviving specimen. Having long fought for its reunification with Sweden, the archipelago of Aland finally free itself together with Finland from Russian rule during the Russian Revolution in 1917, but was declared to belong to Finland in 1924 by the League of Nations. Still semi-autonomous, however, in 1991 Aland sought to extend their independence to include a coinage right, having already issued its own stamps since 1984, its own flag since 1954, and its own parliament. As a result, in April a private company, Ålands penningautomatförening (PAF), produced the sets seen here. In addition to their being confusion amongst the islands' populace as to whether or not the coins were legal tender, the Finnish government strongly opposed their production, and purchased the entire issue and melted them down, this set reportedly surviving in a private collection. Each of the coins in the set displaying beautifully mirror-like surfaces, struck from heavily polished dies and clearly never removed from the mint folder in which they are housed. The folder itself carries descriptions in Swedish, Finnish, English, and German, and is numbered 00163. The folder does show clear wear, but is still fully intact. A once in a lifetime opportunity to be sure!

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