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100 Markkaa
| Issuer | Suomen Yhdyspankki (Union Bank of Finland) |
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| Year | 1882 |
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| Currency | Markka (1860-1963) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries a central intaglio vignette set within an oval frame on the left, portraying a standing allegorical female figure in classical robes with stars at her back, surrounded by an ornate guilloche border. To the right, a caduceus-flanked panel bears the denomination numeral '100' within a wreath, accompanied by a circular Cyrillic inscription and the date '1 Aug. 1866'. A fine rose-pink guilloché underprint covers the entire field, with the bank's name 'FÖRENINGSBANKEN' printed in a central green overprint cartouche, and the denomination stated in both Finnish and Swedish. |
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| Obverse lettering | Suomen Yhdyspankki maksaa vaadittaisa tästä setelista Sata Suomen Markkaa FÖRENINGSBANKEN inlöser vid anfordran denna sedel med ETT HUNDRA FINSKA MARK Suomen Yhdyspankki Föreningsbanken i Finland No 00001 No 30000 |
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Suomen Yhdyspankki was a commercial bank, not the central bank — its authority to issue private banknotes derived from a privilege that would be progressively curtailed as Finland's monetary system consolidated around the Bank of Finland through the late 19th century. By the 1890s such private issue rights were effectively finished, making this note a product of a narrow window in Finnish banking history.
Bradbury, Wilkinson's intaglio work for Scandinavian and Baltic clients in this period was technically accomplished, and Finnish commercial banks frequently turned to London engravers rather than domestic printers for prestige and security reasons.