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500 Markkaa
| Issuer | Suomen Pankki (Bank of Finland) |
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| Year | 1898 |
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| Value | 500 Markkaa |
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| Obverse description | Blue note with a large guilloche underprint bearing the denomination "500M". A central vignette presents the Finnish Eagle coat of arms, while to the left stands a female allegorical figure holding a sword and shield before a lion. Denomination numerals appear in all four corners, with serial numbers at upper right and lower left, two authorising signatures at lower centre, and the issue year along the bottom margin. |
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| Reverse description | The central motif is the Finnish Lion arms enclosed within a circular band of text in Swedish and Finnish, the whole surrounded by decorative spruce twigs. Denomination numerals appear within the design, and the field carries substantial parallel text blocks in Russian, Swedish, and Finnish setting out the legal basis for the currency. |
| Reverse lettering | ФИНЛЯНДСКІЙ БАНКЪ ПЯТЬСОТ 500 МАРОКЪ ЗОЛОТОМЪ FINLANDS BANK 500 MARK SUOMEN PANKKI 500 MARKKAA LAKI SUOMEN SUURIRUHTINAANMAAN RAHASTA ANNETTU HELSINGISSÄ 9P:NÄ ELOKUUTA 1877. 1§ SUOMENMAAN RAHALAITOKSEN KANTANA ON KULTA AINOANA ARVONMITTANA. (Translation: [Russian] Bank of Finland 500 Marks in gold [Swedish and Finnish] Bank of Finland 500 Marks [Swedish and Finnish, small lettering] 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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