5 Markkaa

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Opschrift voorzijde	Finlands Bank inlöser denna sedel med FEM MARK i guld. Suomen Pankki maksaa tästä setelistä WIISI MARKKAA kullassa. (Translation: Bank of Finland will pay from this note FIVE MARKS in gold)
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Opschrift keerzijde	Fem Mark - Finlands Bank . Suomen Pankki - Wiisi Markkaa ПЯТЬ Марокъ Золотомъ - Финляндскiй Банкъ - ПЯТЬ Марокъ Золотомъ (Translation: [In Swedish on left, Finnish on right] Five Marks - Bank of Finland - Five Marks [Russian text at bottom] Five Marks in Gold - Bank of Finland - Five Marks in Gold)
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Opmerkingen	Finland was under Russian imperial administration in 1886, but the Bank of Finland operated with considerable autonomy — including the right to issue its own currency denominated in markkaa rather than rubles. The markka had been pegged to the gold standard since 1878, giving these notes real monetary credibility at a time when Russian paper currency was not convertible. The P#A50 designation places this among the earlier catalogued Finnish issues; surviving examples from this run are genuinely uncommon, as late 19th-century Finnish notes circulated hard in a predominantly rural economy with few banking alternatives.