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10 Markkaa
| Issuer | Suomen Pankki (Bank of Finland) |
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| Year | 1898 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | SUOMEN PANKKI maksaa tästä setelistä KYMMENEN MARKKAA KULLASSA FINLANDS BANK inlöser denna sedel med TIO MARK I GULD (Translation: Bank of Finland will pay for this banknote Ten Marks in Gold [In Finnish on the right and Swedish on the left]) |
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| Reverse lettering | ФИНЛЯНДСКІЙ БАНКЪ 10 МАРОКЪ ЗОЛОТОМЪ FINLANDS BANK 10 MARK SUOMEN PANKKI 10 MARKKAA LAKI SUOMEN SUURIRUHTINAANMAAN RAHASTA ANNETTU HELSINGISSÄ 9P:NÄ ELOKUUTA 1877. 1§ SUOMENMAAN RAHALAITOKSEN KANTANA ON KULTA AINOANA ARVONMITTANA. (Translation: [Russian] Bank of Finland 10 Marks in gold [Swedish and Finnish] Bank of Finland 10 Marks [Swedish and Finnish, small lettering] The law on the Grand Duchy of Finland's money enacted in Helsinki on 9th of August 1877. 1§ The Finnish department of finance determines gold as the only standard of value) |
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Finland in 1898 was still a Grand Duchy under Russian imperial rule, and Suomen Pankki occupied a peculiar position — a functioning central bank with its own currency, the markka, operating within an empire that had its own monetary system entirely. The markka had been pegged to gold since 1878, giving Finland a degree of monetary stability that made these notes genuinely redeemable instruments rather than mere administrative tokens.
Pick 3 is among the earlier entries in what would become a long-running series before the dramatic political ruptures of 1917–1918. Notes from this issue are known to suffer from paper browning along the folds, a recurring condition problem tied to the stock used across the late 1890s printings.