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5 Roubles
| Issuer | Suomen Pankki (Bank of Finland) |
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| Year | 1841-1862 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Blue and black on pale ground. Imperial Russian double-headed eagle vignette at top centre, flanked by guilloche border ornaments. Denomination and authorising text printed in Russian, Swedish, and Finnish across the face. |
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| Reverse lettering | Suomen Pankki maksaa tästä Setelistä WIISI Ruplaa hopiassa. Förfalskning eller efterapning af denna Sedel, äsyersom utprängling af den förfalskade, anses med det i Kejserl. Förordningen af den 3/k November 1812 stadgade ansvar. Tämän Setelin vääräntäminen eli mukaqminen, ja semmoisten Rahoin käyttäminen, rangaßtaan Kejsarißisen Asetuksen jälkeen, annettu sinä 3/k päiwänä Marras Kuussa 1812 wuonna. |
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Finland was an autonomous Grand Duchy of Russia during this period, and the Bank of Finland issued notes denominated in Russian roubles rather than any Finnish unit — a situation that would persist until the markka was introduced in 1860. This note therefore predates Finnish monetary independence by nearly two decades at its earliest issue date, circulating under a monetary system dictated entirely by St. Petersburg.
The long issue window of over twenty years reflects the practice of reusing plate designs rather than commissioning fresh printings each decade. Notes from the earlier part of this range are considerably scarcer than those from the 1850s.