1 Markka

Features

Issuer	Finland
Issuing bank	Bank of Finland (Suomen Pankki)
Grand duke	Nicholas II (1894-1917)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Year	1916
Value	1 Markka
Currency	Markka (1860-1963)
Composition	Paper
Size	100 × 60 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Demonetized	1 July 1945
Number	N# 226641
References	P# 19 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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Series: 1916 series

Obverse

Brown. Flowers. Czarist eagle in top centre.
Text in Finnish on the left and Swedish on the right.

Series year, 1916, in bottom centre.

Lettering:
SUOMEN PANKKI
MAKSAA TÄSTÄ SETELISTÄ
YHDEN MARKAN
KULLASSA

FINLANDS BANK
INLÖSER DENNA SEDEL MED
EN MARK
I GULD

Translation:
Bank of Finland
will pay for this banknote
One Mark
in gold

Reverse

Text in Finnish and Swedish at top, and in Russian on the bottom.

Lettering:
SUOMEN PANKKI • FINLANDS BANK
1 MARKKA • MARK

ФИНЛЯНСКЙ БАНК • 1 МАRKA ЗОЛОТОМЪ

Translation:
[Finnish and Swedish] Bank of Finland
1 Mark
[Russian] Finland's Bank - 1 Mark in gold

Comments

This issue has serial numbers up to 18188000. Banknotes with higher serial numbers are from the Transitional government and were issued in 1917 and 1918.

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Date	VF	XF		Frequency
Undetermined
1916	$ 5.80	$ 11		94%
1916			(fr) Basilier - Hisinger-Jägerskiöld.	8%

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	Katz Auction 193 Lot 1785	5 May 2026	Undetermined	UNC	USD 12.76 (EUR 11.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 185 Lot 2293	24 Feb 2026	Undetermined	UNC	USD 20.88 (EUR 18.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 121 Lot 3532	18 Apr 2024	Undetermined	UNC	USD 17.40 (EUR 15.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 113 Lot 1753	17 Feb 2024	Undetermined	UNC	USD 27.84 (EUR 24.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 59 Lot 2098	23 Apr 2022	Undetermined	UNC	USD 81.19 (EUR 70.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 99 Lot 1718	31 Oct 2023	Undetermined	AU	USD 9.28 (EUR 8.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 68 Lot 1971	8 Oct 2022	Undetermined	AU	USD 24.36 (EUR 21.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 145 Lot 2043	29 Nov 2024	Undetermined	XF	USD 5.80 (EUR 5.00) (+ buyer's premium) The lot includes several items.
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	Katz Auction 121 Lot 3531	18 Apr 2024	Undetermined	VF	USD 11.60 (EUR 10.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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