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10 Markkaa, Litt. A 1918
| Issuer | Suomen Pankki (Bank of Finland) |
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| Year | 1909 |
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| Size | 125 × 75 mm |
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| Obverse description | Lilac-toned note with the Imperial Russian double-headed eagle vignette at upper centre, flanked by denomination numerals at the upper left and right corners; the overprint "Litt. A" appears at both upper positions. A tree symbol occupies the centre field, with Finnish text along the left margin and Swedish along the right. Two manuscript signatures appear at lower centre, with serial numbers at the lower left and right. |
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| Reverse lettering | SUOMEN PANKKI FINLANDS BANK ФИНЛЯНСКЙ БАНК ДЕСЯТЬ МАРОКЪ ЗОЛОТОМЪ LAKI SUOMEN SUURIRUHTINAANMAAN RAHASTA ANNETTU HELSINGISSÄ 9P:NÄ ELOKUUTA 1877. 1§ SUOMENMAAN RAHALAITOKSEN KANTANA ON KULTA AINOANA ARVONMITTANA. (Translation: Bank of Finland, in Finnish [left] and in Swedish [right]. [Bottom in Russian] Bank of Finland Ten Marks in Gold [Small lettering on either side] 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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This note was printed in 1909 but pressed into service under radically different political circumstances — the "Litt. A 1918" designation marks notes overprinted or formally acknowledged for use during the Finnish Civil War year, when the White Finnish government and Red Finnish factions each scrambled to control monetary supply. Suomen Pankki remained nominally continuous through the conflict, but currency legitimacy was anything but settled.
Pick 25 is one of the earlier Suomen Pankki issues predating independence, making its 1918 circulation life a notable biographical detail for a note conceived under Russian imperial oversight.