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10 Markkaa
| Issuer | Finlands Bank (Suomen Pankki) |
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| Year | 1878 |
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| Size | 137 × 77 mm |
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| Obverse description | Pink and grey note with a central text panel bearing the bilingual (Swedish/Finnish) promise to pay inscription, with 'FINLANDS BANK' and 'TIO MARK i guld' in Swedish above 'Kymmenen Markkaa' in Finnish in large ornate script. To the left, a dark intaglio vignette of the Finnish coat of arms eagle within a shield, flanked by decorative foliate work; to the right, a circular guilloche lozenge bearing the numeral '10'. The date '1878' appears in a decorative cartouche at the base, with serial number and manuscript signatures of the Direktör and Tjänsteman below the central text. A circular blue cancellation stamp reading 'MAKULERAD 1886' is applied over the face. |
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| Obverse lettering | FINLANDS BANK TIO MARK i guld Emot denna sedel betalar FINLANDS BANK vid anfordran Tästä setelistä maksaa Suomen Pankki vaadittaessa Kymmenen Markkaa kullassa DIREKTÖR I BANKEN TJENSTEMAN I BANKEN 1878 |
| Reverse description | Pink and grey note with a central guilloche rosette enclosing the numeral '10', framed by symmetrical vignettes of decorative trophy-style ornaments — a fasces with laurel branches at left and a ship's wheel with foliage at right. The heading 'KYMMENEN MARKKAA.' appears at top centre in bold letterpress, with trilingual corner panels reading '10 MARK' in Swedish (upper left), '20 МАРОКЪ' in Russian (upper right). A substantial block of trilingual legal text in Finnish, Swedish, and Russian occupies the lower portion of the note, citing the ordinance of 13 April 1878. |
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