Blue. Two Blacksmiths in the centre on either side of an anvil. Czarist eagle omitted from design. 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 under the text Sarja II, Serie II.
Reverse description
Waterfall in the middle. Text in Finnish, Swedish, and Russian.
Signature(s)
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Obverse lettering
SUOMEN PANKKI
MAKSAA TÄSTÄ SETELISTÄ
VIISISATAA
MARKKAA KULLASSA
Sarja 2
500 (Translation: Bank of Finland will pay for this banknote Five Hundred Marks in gold Series 2 500)
Reverse lettering
SUOMEN 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)