Catalog
3 Markkaa
| Issuer | Bank of Finland |
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| Year | 1867-1875 |
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| Size | 130 × 93 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | Tätä seteliä vastaan maksaa Suomenmaan Pankki anomuksen päälle KOLME markkaa hopeassa (Translation: Against this banknote, the Bank of Finland will pay, on request, THREE marks in silver) |
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| Reverse lettering | Tämän Setelin väärentäminen tahi muukaaminen, kiun myöskin semmosen rahan kauppaaminen, rangaistaan Marraskuun 2 (14) päivänä 1812 annetun Keisarillisen asetuksen jälkeen. (Translation: [In Swedish on left side, Finnish on right side] The forgery or alteration of this Banknote, as well as the trading of similar money, will be punished under the Imperial decree issued on November 2 (14) 1812.) |
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Finland was an autonomous Grand Duchy under Russian rule when this note circulated, and the markka itself had only been formally established in 1860 as a way to give Finland a currency independent of the Russian ruble — a carefully managed political concession. The 3 markka denomination was peculiar from the start: threes rarely survive long in currency systems, and this one didn't. The series was retired without replacement at that face value.
Paper survivability is a known problem with Finnish issues of this period; the climate did no favors to notes in everyday handling.