Catalog
100 Markkaa
| Issuer | Suomen Pankki (Bank of Finland) |
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| Year | 1909 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Wine-red intaglio print on a grey-green guilloche underprint. A Czarist imperial double-headed eagle is centered at the top, flanked by two symmetrical vignettes of a farmer at the plow. Denomination numerals occupy the upper corners, parallel Finnish and Swedish text columns frame the central field, two signatures appear at the lower centre, and the issue year is printed in the bottom margin with serial numbers at lower left and right. |
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| Reverse lettering | SUOMEN PANKKI FINLANDS BANK ФИНЛЯНДСКІЙ БАНК СТО МАРОКЪ ЗОЛОТОМЪ LAKI SUOMEN SUURIRUHTINAANMAAN RAHASTA ANNETTU HELSINGISSÄ 9P:NÄ ELOKUUTA 1877. 1§ SUOMENMAAN RAHALAITOKSEN KANTANA ON KULTA AINOANA ARVONMITTANA. (Translation: [Top] Bank of Finland in Finnish and Swedish. [Bottom in Russian] Bank of Finland, One Hundred Marks in Gold. [Side columns] The law on the Grand Duchy of Finland's money enacted in Helsinki on 9th of August 1877. 1§ The Finnish monetary system determines gold as the sole standard of value.) |
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Pick 13 was introduced as Finland moved toward a more assertive monetary posture under the autonomous Grand Duchy framework — still nominally under Russian imperial authority but operating its own currency through Suomen Pankki, which had functioned as a central bank in all but name since the 1860s. The 100 Markkaa denomination was the largest in everyday commercial use, and this series would remain in circulation well past the 1917 independence declaration.
Collectors should note that the series spans a wide date range and that later printings within the P13 type show subtle typographic differences in the serial numbering — enough to matter for variety collectors, not enough to affect general catalog pricing.