Catalog
| Issuer | Bank of Finland (Suomen Pankki / Finlands Bank) |
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| Year | 1891-1894 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio print on reddish guilloche underprint. The Imperial Russian double-headed Czarist eagle appears as a central vignette in the upper portion of the note. Bilingual text in Swedish on the left and Finnish on the right flanks the central design, with the denomination repeated in both languages around the border in letterpress. |
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| Reverse description | The Finnish arms — the Lion of Finland — appear within a central vignette, encircled by the bilingual bank name. Bilingual text in Swedish (left) and Finnish (right) is supplemented by Russian text along the lower margin. A microprinted border in Swedish and Finnish contains the statutory declaration governing gold redemption of the notes. |
| Reverse lettering | Finlands Bank . Suomen Pankki ДВАДЦАТЬ МАРОКЪ ЗОЛОТОМЪ - ФИНЛЯНДСКIЙ БАНКЪ - ДВАДЦАТЬ МАРОКЪ ЗОЛОТОМЪ (Translation: [Around arms, in Swedish on left, Finnish on right] Bank of Finland [Russian text at bottom] Twenty Marks in Gold - Bank of Finland - Twenty Marks in Gold) |
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