Green and black. Text in black in Swedish at top of note, and in Finnish in lower centre of note. Czarist eagle at left, large numeral 5 at right. Two signatures in bottom centre. Series year in bottom centre margin.
Reverse description
Denomination in Finnish in large letters on top, above numeral 5 in centre. Russian text in lower centre. Anti-forgery warning text in Finnish, Swedish, and Russian in three boxes across the bottom of the note.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Protection description
Obverse lettering
Tätä
setelistä maksaa Suomen Pankki vaadittaissa Viisi Markkaa Suomen
rahaa. (Translation: For this banknote, Bank of Finland will pay on demand Five Marks in silver.)
Reverse lettering
Viisi Markkaa.
[Russian]
Tämän Setelin väärentäminen ja mukaaminen kuin myös vääräu setelin
kauppaaminen rangaistaan kejsarill. Asetuksen mukaan 13 p.ltä
huhtikuuta 1874. (Translation: Five Marks [Russian] [Bottom boxes, in Finnish, Swedish , and Russian] Falsifying and altering this Banknote, as well as passing a false banknote, is punishable by an imperial penalty. According to the decree of 13 April 1874.)