1 Markka

€2.00
IssuerFinland
Year1860-1861
TypeStandard circulation banknote
Value1 Markka
CurrencyMarkka (1860-1963)
CompositionPaper
Size125 × 95 mm
ShapeRectangular
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In circulation to1 July 1945
Reference(s) P#A32A
Obverse descriptionRed 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 descriptionBlack 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.
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Obverse lettering1 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 letteringПредъявителю 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.)
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Catalog ID1915033100
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