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75 Kopecks
| Issuer | Finlands Wäxel-Depositions och Låne-Bank |
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| Year | 1839 |
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| Value | 75 Kopecks (0.75) |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress on cream paper. A Imperial Russian double-headed eagle vignette is positioned at top centre above a large ornate calligraphic denomination numeral in decorative script. Below, the body text is set in three languages — Swedish, Finnish, and Russian — arranged in parallel passages, with a ruled rectangular panel at lower centre reserved for manuscript signatures. The year and serial number appear in the upper margin. |
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| Reverse description | Blank, unprinted verso on cream paper stock. |
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The Finlands Wäxel-Depositions och Låne-Bank was established in 1824 as the first proper bank of the Grand Duchy of Finland, operating under Russian imperial authority but administered locally in Finnish terms — including, notably, issuing notes denominated in kopecks and rubles rather than any legacy Swedish currency unit. By 1839, the bank held a monopoly on Finnish note issue, a position it would retain until the Bank of Finland absorbed its functions later in the century.
The 75-kopek denomination is an odd one, unlikely to survive in any quantity. Early Finnish paper currency from this period was printed in small runs and subject to periodic withdrawal and destruction.