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5 Markkaa
| Issuer | Bank of Finland |
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| Year | 1875 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | The denomination in Finnish appears in large lettering across the upper portion of the note, above a central numeral 5. Russian text occupies the lower centre field. Three horizontal text panels running across the bottom of the note carry the anti-forgery warning in Finnish, Swedish, and Russian respectively, referencing the Imperial decree of 13 April 1874. |
| Reverse lettering | Viisi Markkaa. [Russian] Tämän Setelin väärentäminen ja mukaaminen kuin myös vääräu setelin kauppaaminen rangaistaan kejsarill. Asetuksen mukaan 13 p.ltä huhtikuuta 1874. (Translation: Five Marks [Russian] [Bottom boxes, in Finnish, Swedish, and Russian] Falsifying and altering this Banknote, as well as passing a false banknote, is punishable by an imperial penalty. According to the decree of 13 April 1874.) |
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Finland was an autonomous Grand Duchy under Russian rule in 1875, and the Bank of Finland operated under that political arrangement — the markka itself had only been formally decoupled from the Russian ruble in 1865, making this note part of the earliest generation of genuinely independent Finnish monetary instruments. The markka's stability was pegged to silver, and these early issues were printed with a conservative, almost austere approach to security design that reflected the bank's cautious institutional character.
Paper survivorship for this series is poor. Decade-long circulation on rough Nordic commerce and periodic redemption drives account for most losses.