5 Markkaa

€202,315.00
IssuerFinland
Year1909
TypeStandard circulation banknotes
Value5 Markkaa
CurrencyMarkka (1860-1963)
CompositionPaper
Size110 × 66 mm
ShapeRectangular
Printer
No. printed
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In circulation to
Reference(s) P#20
Obverse descriptionBlue. Czarist eagle at upper centre. Denomination in numerals on top left and right corners.  Text in Finnish on left, and Swedish on right.  Signatures in bottom centre, serial numbers on left and right bottom.
Reverse descriptionBlue, with rowboat on river in black, with large numeral 5 on either side. Finnish and Swedish text in top border, Russian text in bottom border. Small text in Finnish on left, and Swedish on right.
Signature(s)
Protection typeWatermark
Protection descriptionSP on lower left, FB on lower right[Note: banknotes were printed with and without this watermark]
Obverse letteringSUOMEN PANKKI MAKSAA TÄSTÄ SETELISTÄ VIISI MARKKAA KULLASSA
(Translation: Bank of Finland will pay for this banknote Five Marks in gold)
Reverse letteringSUOMEN PANKKI FINLANDS BANK ФИНЛЯНСКЙ БАНК ПЯТЬ МАРОКЪ ЗОЛОТОМЪ LAKI SUOMEN SUURIRUHTINAANMAAN RAHASTA ANNETTU HELSINGISSÄ 9P:NÄ ELOKUUTA 1877. 1§ SUOMENMAAN RAHALAITOKSEN KANTANA ON KULTA AINOANA ARVONMITTANA.
(Translation: [Top] Bank of Finland, in Finnish and in Swedish. [Bottom in Russian] Bank of Finland Five Marks in Gold  [Small lettering on either side] The law on the Grand Duchy of Finland`s money enacted in Helsinki on 9th of August 1877. 1§ The Finnish department of finance determines gold as the only standard of value)
Variants
Catalog ID2999206180
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