Red on blue underprint. Embossed Czarist eagle in top centre field. Black text, with `FINLANDS BANK` in large letters reversed out in white in the centre. Text in Swedish on right and in Finnish on left. Russian text below.
Reverse description
Black on white. Numeral 1 in centre in circle. Border around edges. Text in Russian on top and bottom, and in Swedish on left side and Finnish or right side.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Protection description
Obverse lettering
1 Mark.
1 Markka.
Emot denna sedel be, talar Finlands Bank vid anfordran en summa af
EN mark i silfver.
Tätä seteliä vastaan maksaa Suomenmaan Pankki anomuksen päälle
YHDEN markan hopeassa
Banko-Direktör
Banko-Kassör
ОДНА МАРКА СЕРЕБРОМЪ
1861. (Translation: 1 Markka/Mark [Swedish and Finnish] In exchange of this banknote the Bank of Finland will pay on demand the sum of One Mark in silver. [Swedish and Finnish] Bank Director Bank Treasurer One markka/mark in silver [Russian] 1861.)
Reverse lettering
Предъявителю сего Финляндскій Банкъ
выдаетъ ОДНУ Марку серебромъ.
Förfalskning eller efterapning af denna Sedel, äfvensom utprångling
af denne förfalskede, anses i Kejserl. Förordningen af den 2 (14)
November 1812 stadgade ansvar.
Tämän Setelin väärentäminen tahi muukaaminen, kiun myöskin semmosen
rahan kauppaaminen, rangaistaan Marraskuun 2 (14) päivänä 1812
annetun Keisarillisen asetuksen jälkeen. (Translation: In exchange for this banknote, the Bank of Finland will pay, on demand, ONE markka/mark in silver. [In Russian, at top of note] [In Swedish on left side, Finnish on right side] The forgery or alteration of this Banknote, as well as the trading of similar money, will be punished under the Imperial decree issued on November 2 (14) 1812.)