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25 Roubles
| Issuer | Suomen Pankki (Bank of Finland) |
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| Year | 1841-1857 |
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| Reference(s) | P#A32 |
| Obverse description | Grey-toned note printed by letterpress, with a double-headed imperial eagle vignette at top centre. The central text panel carries trilingual inscriptions in Russian, Swedish, and Finnish, enclosed within a decorative guilloche border with ornamental rosettes at the corners. The formal, restrained layout is characteristic of mid-19th century Finnish currency produced under Russian Imperial administration. |
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| Reverse description | Grey underprint with a central text panel bearing inscriptions in Finnish and Swedish, enclosed within a guilloche frame with rosette ornaments at each corner. The denomination is rendered in large blackletter script, printed in dark ink against the lighter background, with the overall border arrangement mirroring the geometric framework of the obverse. |
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Finland at this date was an autonomous Grand Duchy under the Russian Empire, and the Bank of Finland issued notes denominated in Russian roubles rather than any distinctly Finnish unit — the markka wouldn't arrive until 1860. This note belongs to the period when Finnish monetary affairs were effectively subordinated to St. Petersburg's currency system, though the Bank of Finland itself retained institutional independence unusual for a territory in its political position.
The sixteen-year issue window suggests these notes were reprinted across multiple runs rather than produced in a single series, with date ranges that can help narrow individual examples to specific emission periods.