3 Roubles

The Bank of Finland issued roubles rather than marks during this period because Finland, as a Grand Duchy under Russian imperial rule, operated within the Russian monetary system. The shift to the Finnish mark wouldn't come until 1860, and even then the rouble remained in parallel use for years. This note predates that transition and belongs to a series that circulated under considerable public distrust — Finnish commercial life still preferred silver, and paper emissions from Helsinki were viewed with the same skepticism directed at St. Petersburg's assignats.

The long issuance window of over two decades reflects reuse of the same plate design rather than continuous fresh printing runs.