50 Markkaa

€1.00
IssuerFinland
Year1918
TypeStandard circulation banknote
Value50 Markkaa
CurrencyMarkka (1860-1963)
CompositionPaper
Size155 × 93 mm
ShapeRectangular
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Reference(s) P#39
Obverse descriptionBlue. Czarist eagle removed from design..  Stylised sailing ship in 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 descriptionLighthouse in centre, above Finnish Lion Arms of Finland, with large numeral 50 on either side.  Finnish and Swedish text in top border.  Small text in Finnish on left, and Swedish on right.
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Obverse letteringSUOMEN PANKKI MAKSAA TÄSTÄ SETELISTÄ VIISIKYMMENTÄ MARKKAA KULLASSA
(Translation: Bank of Finland will pay for this banknote Fifty Marks in gold)
Reverse letteringSUOMEN PANKKI FINLANDS BANK 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.  [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)
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Catalog ID9903482810
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