10 Markkaa

Finland adopted aluminium bronze for this series partly as a cost-saving measure during a period of fiscal conservatism following the economic dislocations of the late 1920s, but the alloy also offered a practical advantage: it was significantly harder-wearing than the cupronickel alternatives then circulating elsewhere in Scandinavia. The 1928 introduction coincided with Finland's broader currency stabilization efforts under the Finnish markka's gold-peg regime, which held through most of the series' run before collapsing under pressure in 1931.

Production continued into 1939, the final year of issue — the same year the Soviet Union issued its ultimatum that triggered the Winter War.