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10 Markkaa
| Issuer | Bank of Finland |
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| Year | 1889 |
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| Currency | Markka (1860-1963) |
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| Obverse description | Dark brown on red underprint. A Czarist imperial eagle vignette occupies the upper centre, flanked by bilingual text in Swedish on the left and Finnish on the right. The layout reflects the note's dual-language obligation under Russian imperial sovereignty, with the redemption pledge rendered in both languages. |
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| Reverse lettering | Tio Mark - Finlands Bank . Suomen Pankki - Kymmenen Markkaa Десять Марокъ Золотомъ - Финляндскiй Банкъ - Десять Марокъ Золотомъ (Translation: [In Swedish on left, Finnish on right] Ten Marks - Bank of Finland - Ten Marks [Russian text at bottom] Ten Marks in Gold - Bank of Finland - Ten Marks in Gold) |
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Finland was still a Grand Duchy under Russian imperial authority in 1889, and the Bank of Finland operated under that constraint — but the markka itself had been pegged to the gold standard since 1878, giving Finnish currency a stability that the Russian ruble conspicuously lacked. That monetary independence was a quiet but deliberate expression of Finnish administrative autonomy within the empire.
The P#A51 designation signals a preliminary or supplemental catalog assignment, often indicating a note whose full printing and issuance details remain incompletely documented. Collectors should verify serial ranges carefully against specialist Finnish literature rather than relying solely on Pick.