Black on orange-yellow. Denomination and text in Swedish in centre. Series year 1862.
Reverse description
Text on reverse in Finnish on the left and in Russian on the right, with a large numeral 40 in the centre, and text `Finlands Bank` in Swedish and Russian around it twice. Small text at the bottom, in Swedish, Finnish, and Russian is a warning against forgery.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Numeral 40 in a circle twice in the upper center of the
note.Text `FINLANDS BANK` in lower centre.
Obverse lettering
40 MARK I SILFVER
Emot denna sedel betalar FINLANDS BANK vid anfordran en summa af
FYRATIO Mark i silfver (Translation: 40 Marks in silver In exchange of this banknote the Bank of Finland will pay on demand the sum of Forty Marks in silver.)
Reverse lettering
40 MARKKAA HOPEASSA
Tästä setelistä maksaa Suomenmaan Pankki vaadittaissa NELJÄKYMMENTÄ
markkaa hopeassa.
40 МАРКЪ СЕРЕБРОМЪ
Предъяьителю сего Финляндскій Банкъ ьыдаетъ СОРОКЪ маркъ
серебромъ
Tämän Setelin väärentäminen tahi muukaaminen, kiun myöskin semmosen
rahan kauppaaminen, rangaistaan Marraskuun 2 (14) päivänä 1812
annetun Keisarillisen asetuksen jälkeen. (Translation: 40 MARKS IN SILVER From this banknote, the Bank of Finland will pay, on demand, FORTY marks in silver. [Small text at bottom, in Swedish, Finnish, and Russian] 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.)