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1 Mark i Silfver / Markka Hopeassa / Marka Serebrom' (Silver Mark)

Issuer Finlands Bank / Suomen Pankki / Finlandskiy Bank'
Year 1867
Type Pattern or trial banknote
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Obverse description The obverse is dominated by a large central oval cartouche enclosed within intricate guilloche borders, containing the bilingual promise text in Swedish and Finnish, with the denomination stated as one silver mark. The Imperial Russian double-headed eagle coat of arms is positioned at the top centre above the cartouche, flanked by the denomination '1 Mark.' and '1 Markka.' at the upper corners. Below the cartouche appear the printed titles 'Banko-Direktör' and 'Banko-Kassör' with manuscript signatures, and the Cyrillic legend 'ОДНА МАРКА СЕРЕБРОМЪ' is printed along the lower portion, with serial number and date '1867' at the foot.
Obverse lettering 1 Mark.
1 Markka.
Emot denna sedel betalar Finlands Bank vid anfordran en summa af EN mark i silfver.
Tätä seteliä vastaan makfaa Suomenmaan Pankki anomuksen päälle YHDEN markan hopeassa.
Banko-Direktör
Banko-Kassör
ОДНА МАРКА СЕРЕБРОМЪ
Reverse description The reverse is printed primarily in Russian and carries the bearer clause 'Предъявителю сего Финляндскiй Банкъ выдаетъ ОДНУ Марку серебромъ' in large Cyrillic text across the upper half. The lower portion contains three parallel anti-counterfeiting warning texts in Swedish, Finnish, and Russian, each referencing the Imperial decree of 2 (14) November 1812. A faint circular bank stamp is visible at centre, and the overall layout is framed by a simple typographic border.
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