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5 Markkaa, Litt. A 1918
| Issuer | Suomen Pankki (Bank of Finland) |
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| Year | 1909 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in blue, the obverse carries the Imperial Russian double-headed eagle as a central vignette in the upper portion, flanked by denomination numerals in the upper-left and upper-right corners. The overprint "Litt. A" appears in black at the upper left and right of each note, with text in Finnish along the left margin and Swedish along the right. Two signatures appear at the lower centre, with serial numbers positioned at the lower left and right. |
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| Reverse lettering | SUOMEN PANKKI FINLANDS BANK ФИНЛЯНДСКІЙ БАНК 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 department of finance determines gold as the only standard of value.) |
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This note was printed in 1909 but issued under the "Litt. A 1918" designation, reflecting the Bank of Finland's practice of assigning letter suffixes to distinguish emission batches within the same series — a bureaucratic holdover from the period when Finland operated under Russian imperial monetary authority. The 1918 suffix is significant: Finland had just emerged from a brutal civil war, and the Bank needed to rapidly authenticate circulating stocks to separate legitimate currency from forgeries and competing issues that had proliferated during the conflict.
The Litt. system also helped manage the redemption process as Finland moved to consolidate its monetary independence following the declaration of sovereignty in December 1917.