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1 Markka
| Issuer | Suomen Pankki (Bank of Finland) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 1 Markka |
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| Obverse description | Brown on pink underprint, with a central ornate floral and foliate guilloche medallion flanked on either side by large circular numeral "1" denomination panels. The bank name appears bilingually at the top — SUOMEN PANKKI in Finnish and FINLANDS BANK in Swedish — with the gold-redemption pledge inscribed below in both languages. Two manuscript signatures appear at the bottom centre, with the date 1918 incorporated into the lower border. |
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| Obverse lettering | SUOMEN PANKKI FINLANDS BANK MAKSAA TÄSTÄ SETELISTÄ INLÖSER DENNA SEDEL MED YHDEN MARKAN KULLASSA EN MARK I GULD (Translation: THE BANK OF FINLAND WILL PAY FOR THIS BANKNOTE ONE MARK IN GOLD) |
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Finland's 1918 independence was barely months old when the civil war between the Reds and the Whites tore the country apart. Suomen Pankki continued issuing notes through the conflict, but small denominations like this one circulated under chaotic conditions — supply chains disrupted, banks occupied in some regions, and public confidence in paper money genuinely strained. The 1 Markka occupied the awkward lowest tier of paper currency, below which only coins were supposed to function, but metal coinage had effectively vanished from circulation by then.
Pick 35 belongs to a short-lived series replaced almost immediately once the White government consolidated control. The timeline between issue and withdrawal was tight enough that heavily circulated survivors are less common than their nominal status as low-value notes might suggest.