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1 Mark i Silfver / Markka Hopeassa / Marka Serebrom' (Silver Mark)
| Issuer | Finlands Bank / Suomen Pankki / Finlandskiy Bank' |
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| Year | 1867 |
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| Reference(s) | P#39A |
| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by a large central oval cartouche enclosed within intricate guilloche borders, containing the bilingual promise text in Swedish and Finnish, with the denomination stated as one silver mark. The Imperial Russian double-headed eagle coat of arms is positioned at the top centre above the cartouche, flanked by the denomination '1 Mark.' and '1 Markka.' at the upper corners. Below the cartouche appear the printed titles 'Banko-Direktör' and 'Banko-Kassör' with manuscript signatures, and the Cyrillic legend 'ОДНА МАРКА СЕРЕБРОМЪ' is printed along the lower portion, with serial number and date '1867' at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | 1 Mark. 1 Markka. Emot denna sedel betalar Finlands Bank vid anfordran en summa af EN mark i silfver. Tätä seteliä vastaan makfaa Suomenmaan Pankki anomuksen päälle YHDEN markan hopeassa. Banko-Direktör Banko-Kassör ОДНА МАРКА СЕРЕБРОМЪ № |
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Finland's 1867 silver-denominated mark note was part of the first purely Finnish currency series following the monetary separation from the Russian ruble system — a process formalized under Alexander II's 1860 decree establishing the markka. The trilingual title (Swedish, Finnish, Russian) reflects the constitutional peculiarity of Finland's status as a Grand Duchy, where all three administrative languages carried equal legal weight on official instruments.
The 1867 issue is also inseparable from one of the worst famines in Finnish recorded history, which killed roughly eight percent of the population that same year. Whether that catastrophe affected note distribution and survival rates in rural areas is unrecorded, but examples from this date are genuinely scarce.