Black on red-brown and multicolour underprint. Portrait of Alvar Aalto (1898-1976), Finnish architect and pioneer of modern architecture and design. Stardust security thread through centre right of paper. Optical variable device (OVD) security feature on upper right. 4 raised circles in centre. Two signatures in bottom centre, series year, 1986, on top left. Text in Finnish on top and centre, Swedish sideways on the right. `Litt. A` printed above denomination at lower left.
Reverse description
Finlandia Hall. Bilingual text in Finnish and Swedish
Signature(s)
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Portrait of Alvar Aalto.
Obverse lettering
VIISIKYMMENTÄ MARKKAA
SUOMEN PANKKI
FEMTIO MARK (Translation: [Finnish]Fifty Marks Bank of Finland [Sideways in Swedish] Fifty Marks)
Reverse lettering
SUOMEN PANKKI
FINLANDS BANK
VIISIKYMMENTÄ MARKKAA
FEMTIO MARK (Translation: Bank of Finland Fifty Marks)