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| Issuer | Suomen Pankki (Bank of Finland) |
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| Year | 1897 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Blue-tinted note with denomination numeral "5" at the upper-left and upper-right corners flanking a central eagle coat-of-arms vignette, beneath which sits a female portrait medallion. Serial numbers appear in the left and right margins in black letterpress, with two manuscript signatures and the issue year at the lower centre; a large "5M" guilloche underprint covers the note field. |
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| Obverse lettering | SUOMEN PANKKI maksaa tästä setelistä VIISI MARKKAA KULLASSA FINLANDS BANK inlöser denna sedel med FEM MARK I GULD (Translation: Bank of Finland will pay for this banknote Five Marks in Gold [Finnish above, Swedish below]) |
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| Reverse lettering | ФИНЛЯНДСКІЙ БАНКЪ 5 МАРОКЪ ЗОЛОТОМЪ FINLANDS BANK 5 MARK SUOMEN PANKKI 5 MARKKAA LAKI SUOMEN SUURIRUHTINAANMAAN RAHASTA ANNETTU HELSINGISSÄ 9P:NÄ ELOKUUTA 1877. 1§ SUOMENMAAN RAHALAITOKSEN KANTANA ON KULTA AINOANA ARVONMITTANA. (Translation: [Russian] Bank of Finland 5 Marks in Gold; [Swedish] Bank of Finland 5 Marks; [Finnish] Bank of Finland 5 Marks; [Swedish/Finnish, small lettering] The law on the Grand Duchy of Finland's money enacted in Helsinki on 9th of August 1877. 1§ The Finnish monetary system recognises gold as the sole standard of value.) |
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