Catalog
3 Roubles
| Issuer | Bank of Finland (Suomen Pankki) |
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| Year | 1841-1862 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green and black on uncoloured paper. A double-headed imperial eagle vignette occupies the top centre, flanked by guilloche work and geometric border ornaments. The denomination and redemption text appear in three languages — Russian, Swedish, and Finnish — within a structured typographic layout. |
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| Reverse lettering | Suomen Pankki maksaa tästä Setelistä KOLME Ruplaa hopiassa. Förfalskning eller efterapning af denna Sedel, äfvensom utprängling af den förfalskade, anses med det i Kejserl. Förordningen af den 14 November 1812 stadgade ansvar. Tämän Seteelin vääräntäminen eli mukaaminen, ja semmoisten Rahoin käyttäminen, rangastaan Keisarillisen Asetuksen jälkeen, annettu sinä 14 päiwänä Marras Kuusta 1812 wuonna. |
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The Bank of Finland issued roubles rather than marks during this period because Finland, as a Grand Duchy under Russian imperial rule, operated within the Russian monetary system. The shift to the Finnish mark wouldn't come until 1860, and even then the rouble remained in parallel use for years. This note predates that transition and belongs to a series that circulated under considerable public distrust — Finnish commercial life still preferred silver, and paper emissions from Helsinki were viewed with the same skepticism directed at St. Petersburg's assignats.
The long issuance window of over two decades reflects reuse of the same plate design rather than continuous fresh printing runs.