Catalog
5 Markkaa
| Issuer | Bank of Finland |
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| Year | 1875 |
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| Value | 5 Markkaa |
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| Obverse description | Printed in green and black, the obverse carries Swedish text along the upper margin and Finnish text in the lower centre, framing the central composition. A Czarist imperial double-headed eagle vignette occupies the left field, with a large bold numeral 5 to the right. Two manuscript signatures appear in the bottom centre, accompanied by the series year in the lower margin. |
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| 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 description | The denomination in Finnish appears in large lettering across the upper portion of the note, above a central numeral 5. Russian text occupies the lower centre field. Three horizontal text panels running across the bottom of the note carry the anti-forgery warning in Finnish, Swedish, and Russian respectively, referencing the Imperial decree of 13 April 1874. |
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