500 Markkaa 1918

€214,682.00
IssuerFinland
Year1909
TypeStandard circulation banknotes
Value500 Markkaa
CurrencyMarkka (1860-1963)
CompositionPaper
Size180 × 110 mm
ShapeRectangular
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Reference(s) P#23
Obverse descriptionBrown. Two Blacksmiths in the centre on either side of an anvil. Czarist eagle at top 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 descriptionWaterfall in the middle.  Text in Finnish on the left, Swedish on the right, and Russian on the bottom.
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Obverse letteringSUOMEN PANKKI MAKSAA TÄSTÄ SETELISTÄ VIISISATAA MARKKAA KULLASSA 500
(Translation: Bank of Finland will pay for this banknote Five Hundred Marks in gold 500)
Reverse letteringSUOMEN PANKKI FINLANDS BANK ФИНЛЯНСКЙ БАНК ПЯТЬСОТ МАРОКЪ ЗОЛОТОМЪ LAKI SUOMEN SUURIRUHTINAANMAAN RAHASTA ANNETTU HELSINGISSÄ 9P:NÄ ELOKUUTA 1877. 1§ SUOMENMAAN RAHALAITOKSEN KANTANA ON KULTA AINOANA ARVONMITTANA.
(Translation: Bank of Finland, in Finnish [left] and in Swedish [right]. [Bottom in Russian] Bank of Finland Five Hundred 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)
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Catalog ID7401896920
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