1000 Markkaa

€1.00
IssuerFinland
Year1909
TypeStandard circulation banknote
Value1000 Markkaa
CurrencyMarkka (1860-1963)
CompositionPaper
Size200 × 120 mm
ShapeRectangular
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Reference(s) P#15
Obverse descriptionDark and light brown, grey background. Two men holding a caduceus at centre. Czarist eagle at upper centre. Denomination in numerals on top left and right corners.  Text in Finnish on left, and Swedish on right.  Signatures in bottom centre overlaid on large 1000, serial numbers on left and right bottom.
Reverse descriptionFinnish landscape of a lake with islands and trees, with large numeral 1000 on either side. Finnish and Swedish text in top border, Russian text in bottom border. Small text in Finnish on left, and Swedish on right.
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Obverse letteringSUOMEN PANKKI MAKSAA TÄSTÄ SETELISTÄ TUHAT MARKKAA KULLASSA FINLANDS BANK INLÖSER DENNA SEDEL MED ETTUSEN MARK I GULD
(Translation: Bank of Finland will pay for this banknote One Thousand Marks in gold)
Reverse letteringSUOMEN PANKKI FINLANDS BANK ФИНЛЯНСКЙ БАНК ТЫСЯЧА 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 in Swedish. [Bottom in Russian] Bank of Finland One Thousand 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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Catalog ID1175077390
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