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| Issuer | Finlands Bank / Suomen Pankki / Finlandskiy Bank' |
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| Year | 1860 |
| Type | Pattern or trial banknote |
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| Obverse description | Red-toned note with an ornate oval guilloche frame at centre, within which a trilingual promise-to-pay text is inscribed in Swedish and Finnish cursive script. The denomination '1 Mark.' and '1 Markka.' appear in the upper corners, while a Cyrillic legend 'ОДНА МАРКА СЕРЕБРОМЪ' runs along the lower margin. Two manuscript signatures appear below the body text under the titles 'Banko-Direktör' and 'Banko-Kassör', with the serial number 'No 25702' printed twice at the bottom and the date '1860' in a decorative cartouche. |
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| Obverse lettering | 1 Mark. 1 Markka. Emot denna sedel be- Tätä Seteliä vastaan talar Finlands Bank makfaa Suomenmaan vid anfordran en summa Penkki anomuksen päälle af EN mark i silfver. YHDEN markan hopeassa. Banko-Direktör Banko-Kassör ОДНА МАРКА СЕРЕБРОМЪ. No 25702 1860. |
| Reverse description | Plain white note with a simple typeset layout and a thin ornamental border running the full perimeter. A large bold numeral '1' occupies a central circular medallion, flanked by two columns of text: at left, a Swedish forgery-warning notice referencing the Imperial Decree of 2 (14) November 1812, and at right, the equivalent Finnish text. A prominent Cyrillic heading at the top reads 'Предъявителю сего Финляндскій Банкъ выдаетъ ОДНУ Марку серебромъ', with a further Russian anti-forgery notice at the bottom. |
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