Katalog
| Emittent | Suomen Yhdyspankki (Union Bank of Finland) |
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| Jahr | 1866 |
| Typ | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Nennwert | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Währung | Markka (1860-1963) |
| Material | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Größe | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Form | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Druckerei | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Designer | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Stecher | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Im Umlauf bis | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Referenz(en) | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
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| Vorderseitenlegende | Suomen Yhdyspankki maksaa vaadittaissa tästä setelistä Viisitoista Markkaa (Suomen Yhdyspankki puolesta) 1 August 1866 (Translation: Union Bank of Finland will pay, on demand, from this banknote Fifteen Marks (On behalf of the Union Bank of Finland)) |
| Rückseitenbeschreibung | The reverse carries the denomination in words in four languages — German, French, Russian, and English — arranged across the face of the note. A large numeral 15 appears at the left, with a smaller 15 at the right. A forgery warning in small letterpress text runs along the bottom margin, rendered in Swedish on the left and Finnish on the right. |
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| Unterschrift(en) | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Sicherheitsmerkmal | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Beschreibung der Sicherheitsmerkmale | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Varianten | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Anmerkungen |
Suomen Yhdyspankki was founded in 1862, just four years before this note was issued, making this one of the earliest pieces the bank produced. Finland at the time operated under Russian imperial rule as an autonomous grand duchy, and private commercial banks rather than a central authority issued the bulk of circulating paper — a situation that persisted until the Bank of Finland gradually consolidated that role in later decades.
The 15 markka denomination is an oddity. Most Finnish private bank series of this period favored round figures; fifteens appear rarely and were likely calibrated to specific transactional needs in regional trade. Worth investigating whether the full Yhdyspankki series included a matching 15 penni note, which would suggest a deliberate arithmetic structure rather than ad hoc denominational planning.