Light green on light yellow underprint. Czarist eagle reversed out in white in top centre field. Black text. `FINLANDS BANK` reversed out in white across centre of note. Text in Swedish on right and in Finnish on left. Finnish text tidied up by removal of word break in third line. Russian text below.
Reverse description
Black on white. Numeral 3 in centre in circle. Border around edges. Text in Russian on top and bottom, and in Swedish on left side and Finnish or right side.
Signature(s)
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Obverse lettering
Tätä seteliä vastaan maksaa Suomenmaan
Pankki anomuksen päälle KOLME markkaa hopeassa
ТРИ МАРКИ СЕРЕБРОМЪ (Translation: In exchange of this banknote the Bank of Finland will pay on demand the sum of Three Marks in silver. [in Russian]THREE MARKS IN SILVER)
Reverse lettering
Предъявителю сего Финляндскiй Банкъ
выдаетъ ТРИ Марки серебромъ.
Tämän Setelin väärentäminen tahi muukaaminen, kiun myöskin semmosen
rahan kauppaaminen, rangaistaan Marraskuun 2 (14) päivänä 1812
annetun Keisarillisen asetuksen jälkeen.
[in Russian] За поддѣлку сего билета, равно за выпускъ поддѣльнаго
въ обращенiе, подвергать виновныхъ наказанiю. Высочайшимъ
Постановленiемъ 2 (14) Ноября 1812 опредѣленному. (Translation: [in Russian above] To the bearer of this, the Bank of Finland issues THREE Marks in silver. [In Swedish on left side, Finnish on right side and in Russian below] 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.)