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5 Markkaa
| Issuer | Bank of Finland |
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| Year | 1909 |
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| Value | 5 Markkaa |
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| Obverse description | Printed in blue, the obverse is centred on an Imperial Russian double-headed Czarist eagle vignette at upper centre, flanked by denomination numerals in the upper left and right corners. Bilingual text in Finnish (left) and Swedish (right) occupies the lateral panels, with two manuscript signatures and serial numbers arranged along the lower portion of the note. |
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| Reverse lettering | SUOMEN PANKKI FINLANDS BANK ФИНЛЯНДСКІЙ БАНКЪ ПЯТЬ МАРОКЪ ЗОЛОТОМЪ LAKI SUOMEN SUURIRUHTINAANMAAN RAHASTA ANNETTU HELSINGISSÄ 9P:NÄ ELOKUUTA 1877. 1§ SUOMENMAAN RAHALAITOKSEN KANTANA ON KULTA AINOANA ARVONMITTANA. (Translation: [Top] Bank of Finland, in Finnish and in Swedish. [Bottom in Russian] Bank of Finland Five Marks in Gold. [Small lettering on either side] The law on the Grand Duchy of Finland's money enacted in Helsinki on 9th of August 1877. 1§ The Finnish monetary system takes gold as the sole standard of value.) |
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Finland was still a Grand Duchy under Russian imperial rule when this note was issued, which made the Bank of Finland's continued operation as a distinct institution something of a political anomaly. The 1909 series predates independence by nearly a decade, and the Markkaa itself was deliberately pegged to gold rather than the Russian ruble — a calculated insistence on monetary separation that St. Petersburg tolerated uneasily.
Pick 9 is the scarcer of the two signature varieties within this date range. Paper quality on surviving examples tends to be unforgiving of humidity damage, and edge splits are common along the horizontal fold lines.