5 Markkaa

€1.00
IssuerFinland
Year1878
TypeStandard circulation banknote
Value5 Markkaa
CurrencyMarkka (1860-1963)
CompositionPaper
Size137 × 77 mm
ShapeRectangular
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Reference(s) P#A43
Obverse descriptionGreen 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 descriptionDenomination 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.
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Obverse letteringTätä setelistä maksaa Suomen Pankki vaadittaissa Viisi Markkaa Suomen rahaa.
(Translation: For this banknote, will pay Bank of Finland on demand Five Marks of Finnish money.)
Reverse letteringVIISI MARKKAA. 5 MARK 5 МАРКЪ Предъявителю сего ФИНЛЯНДСКІЙ БАНКЪ ьыдаетъ ПЯТЬ МАРКЪ ФИНСКОЙ МОНЕТЫ. Tämän Setelin väärentäminen ja mukaaminen kuin myös vääräu setelin kauppaaminen rangaistaan kejsarill. Asetuksen mukaan 13 p.ltä huhtikuuta 1874.
(Translation: Five Markkaa/marks [Finnish, Swedish and Russian]  The Bank of Finland will pay the bearer five markkaa in Finnish currency. [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.)
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Catalog ID2640032270
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