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100 Markkaa
| Issuer | Bank of Finland |
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| Year | 1862 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The face is printed in pale blue and pink with a lozenge-pattern underprint incorporating eagles and lions. A vignette at left shows a young man with a stick and cap, while a corresponding vignette at right shows a young woman. Denomination inscriptions appear in Swedish at left and Finnish at right, with the main obligation text in Swedish at centre. |
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| Reverse lettering | СТО МРКЬ СЕРЕБРОМЪ Tästä setelistä maksaa Suomenmaan Pankki vaadittaissa SATA markkaa hopeassa. Предъяьителю сего Финляндскій Банкъ ьыдаетъ СТО маркъ серебромъ. Tämän Setelin väärentäminen tahi muukaaminen, kiun myöskin semmosen rahan kauppaaminen, rangaistaan Marraskuun 2 (14) päivänä 1812 annetun Keisarillisen asetuksen jälkeen. (Translation: ONE HUNDRED MARKS IN SILVER [Cursive text at top, in Finnish and Russian] From this banknote, the Bank of Finland will pay, on demand, ONE HUNDRED marks in silver. [Small text at bottom, in Swedish, Finnish, and Russian] The forgery or alteration of this Banknote, as well as the trading of similar money, will be punished under the Imperial decree issued on November 2 (14) 1812.) |
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Finland's 1862 100 Markkaa preceded the markka's formal legal establishment — the currency was authorized by Alexander II's decree of April 1860, but notes took time to design, engrave, and place in circulation. The markka was explicitly pegged to the French franc at par, part of a deliberate policy to detach Finnish monetary affairs from the Russian ruble without provoking St. Petersburg into viewing it as political separatism.
P#A38 is scarce. The series saw limited issue volumes and the Finnish climate was not kind to early paper currency in active use.