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| Uitgever | Suomen Pankki (Bank of Finland) |
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| Jaar | 1898 |
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| Waarde | 500 Markkaa |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | 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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| Beschrijving keerzijde | 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. |
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| Opmerkingen |
Finland was still an autonomous Grand Duchy under Russian imperial rule when this note was issued, and Suomen Pankki operated under considerable political pressure from St. Petersburg throughout the 1890s. The Bank of Finland had deliberately cultivated a gold-backed markka independent of the Russian ruble since the 1877 monetary reform — a financial separation that the tsarist government tolerated uneasily.
Pick 8 belongs to a long-running series that remained in formal issue for an extended period, making precise dating of individual specimens from the printed year alone unreliable. Signatures and serial ranges matter more than the face date when placing a note within the series.