Catalog
100 Markkaa
| Issuer | Suomen Pankki (Bank of Finland) |
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| Year | 1882 |
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| Value | 100 Markkaa |
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| Obverse lettering | 100 MARK 100 MARKKAA EMOT DENNA SEDEL betalar FINLANDS BANK vid anfordran HUNDRA MARK I GULD Tästä Setelistä maksaa Suomen Pankki vaadittaissa Sata Markkaa kullassa 1882 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed over a red guilloche underprint incorporating two large circular '100' medallions flanking a central intaglio vignette of a harbour panorama, believed to represent Helsinki seen from the sea, enclosed within an ivy-draped rectangular border. Trilingual denomination inscriptions in Swedish, Finnish, and Russian run across the top, with a full Russian-language promise-to-pay legend positioned below the vignette. Three text panels at the foot carry forgery-warning notices in Finnish, Swedish, and Russian respectively. |
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The Suomen Pankki 100 Markkaa of 1882 was issued during a period when Finland operated as an autonomous Grand Duchy under the Russian Empire yet maintained its own currency — the markka had been pegged to the French franc and placed on a silver standard in 1865, a deliberate act of fiscal separation from the Russian ruble that St. Petersburg tolerated with some unease.
The P#A48 designation signals a provisional or transitional classification, suggesting this note sits at the edge of a series boundary rather than cleanly within an established issue run. Worth verifying the exact emission date against bank ledger records before cataloging as a type piece.