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50 Markkaa
| Issuer | Bank of Finland |
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| Year | 1909 |
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| Value | 50 Markkaa |
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| Obverse lettering | SUOMEN PANKKI MAKSAA TÄSTÄ SETELISTÄ VIISIKYMMENTÄ MARKKAA KULLASSA (Translation: Bank of Finland will pay for this banknote Fifty Marks in gold) |
| Reverse description | A lighthouse vignette occupies the centre, surmounted by the Finnish Lion coat of arms, with large numeral 50 on either side. Finnish and Swedish text run along the top border, while Russian text fills the lower border. Smaller parallel Finnish and Swedish legal text panels appear on the left and right of the central design. |
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Finland was an autonomous Grand Duchy under Russian imperial rule when this note was issued, and the Bank of Finland operated under that arrangement — printing domestic currency while nominally subject to St. Petersburg. The 1909 series predates independence by nearly a decade, and the political tension of that period is baked into the institution's every decision during these years.
Pick 12 belongs to a series that remained in circulation well past its intended lifespan, surviving both the declaration of independence in 1917 and the brief, brutal civil war of 1918. Notes that passed through that period show it.