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1 Marka Kullassa / Mark i Guld / Marka Zolotom' (Gold Mark)
| Issuer | Suomen Pankki / Finlands Bank / Finlandskiy Bank' |
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| Year | 1916 |
| Type | Pattern or trial banknote |
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| Obverse description | Brown intaglio print on light paper with an ornate guilloche border framing the entire face. Two circular numeral '1' medallions flank a central floral vignette of stylised lotus or lily blossoms rendered in fine line engraving. The bilingual bank name 'SUOMEN PANKKI / FINLANDS BANK' appears in the upper panel alongside a Finnish lion crest, with payment clauses in Finnish and Swedish beneath; the denomination inscriptions 'YHDEN MARKAN KULLASSA' and 'EN MARK I GULD' are placed within the respective left and right medallions. Two matching serial numbers and two manuscript signatures appear along the lower portion, with the date '1916' centred at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | SUOMEN PANKKI FINLANDS BANK MAKSAA TÄSTÄ SETELISTÄ INLÖSER DENNA SEDEL MED YHDEN MARKAN KULLASSA EN MARK I GULD 1916 |
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Finland was still an autonomous Grand Duchy under the Russian crown when this note was issued, and the trilingual title — Finnish, Swedish, Russian — reflects that uneasy administrative reality exactly. The "gold mark" designation was largely theoretical by 1916; the gold standard had been suspended at the outbreak of the war in 1914, and the note's convertibility claim was essentially a legal fiction maintained to preserve public confidence.
Pick 19F is distinguished from earlier variants in the series by its serial letter prefix combination. The Finlands Bank continued issuing this denomination through a period of acute monetary stress, as Russian wartime inflation began bleeding across the border into Finnish circulation.