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100 Markkaa
| Issuer | Suomen Yhdyspankki (Föreningsbanken i Finland) |
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| Year | 1866 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Typographed note with bilingual bank name in ornate script across the top. A central guilloche oval encloses the numeral 100, flanked by two large lathe-work rosette vignettes. The denomination appears in Swedish (Etthundra Mark) and Finnish (Sata Markkaa) within a bold letterpress panel, with a Cyrillic inscription СТО МАРКЪ at the foot. Date cartouche reads 15 AUGUSTI 1866. |
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| Obverse lettering | Föreningsbanken i Finland Suomen Yhdyspankki inlöser vid anfordran denna sedel med makfaa vaadittaifesta tästä fetelistä Etthundra Mark 100 Sata Markkaa För Föreningsbanken i Finland: (Suomen Yhdyspankin puolesta:) 15 AUGUSTI 1866 СТО МАРКЪ |
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Suomen Yhdyspankki — the Union Bank of Finland — was established in 1862, making this note barely four years into the bank's existence. Finnish commercial banking was still finding its footing under Russian imperial oversight, and private banknote issue by chartered institutions was permitted but tightly watched. The markka itself had only been established as Finland's independent monetary unit in 1860, severing the formal tie to the Swedish riksdaler.
Private bank issue in Finland was wound down progressively through the late nineteenth century as the Bank of Finland consolidated its monopoly. Notes from this early Yhdyspankki series had short effective circulation windows and are rarely encountered outside archival holdings.