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5 Markkaa
| Issuer | Suomen Pankki (Bank of Finland) |
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| Year | 1897 |
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| Currency | Markka (1860-1963) |
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| Obverse description | Blue note with a central female portrait vignette flanked by the Finnish Eagle Arms in the upper centre, with denomination numerals at upper left and upper right. Black serial numbers appear on both the left and right sides, with two manuscript signatures at the bottom centre and the issue year below. A large "5M" guilloche underprint fills the note field. |
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| Obverse lettering | SUOMEN PANKKI maksaa tästä setelistä VIISI MARKKAA KULLASSA FINLANDS BANK inlöser denna sedel med FEM MARK I GULD (Translation: Bank of Finland will pay for this banknote Five Marks in Gold [In Swedish on the top, and in Finnish below it]) |
| Reverse description | Central vignette of the Finnish Lion Arms, surrounded by spruce branch ornaments, with denomination numerals at the corners. Three-language text block in Russian, Swedish and Finnish occupies the upper and lower portions of the note, with smaller legends in Swedish and Finnish running within a circular border surrounding the central arms. |
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