500 Markkaa 1918

Features

Issuer Finland
Issuing bank Bank of Finland (Suomen Pankki)
Period Provisional Government (1917-1919)
Type Standard banknote
Year 1909
Value 500 Markkaa
Currency Markka (1860-1963)
Composition Paper
Size 180 × 110 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
214682
References P# 23
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.

Series: 1909 (1917-18)

Obverse

Brown.
Two Blacksmiths in the centre on either side of an anvil. Czarist eagle at top centre.

Denomination in numerals on top left and right corners.
Text in Finnish on left, and Swedish on right.

Signatures in bottom centre, serial numbers on left and right bottom.

Lettering:
SUOMEN PANKKI
MAKSAA TÄSTÄ SETELISTÄ
VIISISATAA
MARKKAA KULLASSA
500

Translation:
Bank of Finland
will pay for this banknote
Five Hundred Marks
in gold
500

Reverse

Waterfall in the middle.

Text in Finnish on the left, Swedish on the right, and Russian on the bottom.

Lettering:
SUOMEN PANKKI
FINLANDS BANK
ФИНЛЯНСКЙ БАНК ПЯТЬСОТ МАРОКЪ ЗОЛОТОМЪ

LAKI SUOMEN SUURIRUHTINAANMAAN RAHASTA ANNETTU HELSINGISSÄ 9P:NÄ ELOKUUTA 1877. 1§ SUOMENMAAN RAHALAITOKSEN KANTANA ON KULTA AINOANA ARVONMITTANA.

Translation:
Bank of Finland, in Finnish [left] and in Swedish [right].
[Bottom in Russian] Bank of Finland Five Hundred 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

Comments

There are three issues of Series 1909 notes during the Provisional Government of Finland era 1917-1919.
p23. 500 Mark notes, series 1909, with numbers 170001-262000 were issued by the People's Commissariat (Communist rebels) when they controlled Helsinki in 1918 during the Finnish civil war.

p29. Provisional Government of Finland, 1918 Litt A . https://en.numista.com/catalogue/note331066.html

p32. Provisional Government of Finland, 1918 Series II. Colour changed to Blue, czarist eagle omitted. https://en.numista.com/catalogue/note330622.html

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Date No. printed VG F VF XF AU UNC
1909  Photo 92 000 $ 130 $ 200 Issued 1918

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 500 Markkaa (1918)Picture 1 of a sold 500 Markkaa (1918)
Katz
Auction 74
Lot 854
Internet Archive
29 Dec 2022 UNC USD 368.16
(EUR 341.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 500 Markkaa (1918)Picture 1 of a sold 500 Markkaa (1918)
Katz
Auction 97
Lot 591
Internet Archive
7 Oct 2023 XF USD 199.73
(EUR 185.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 500 Markkaa (1918)Picture 1 of a sold 500 Markkaa (1918)
Katz
Auction 87
Lot 1901
Internet Archive
21 Jun 2023 XF USD 269.91
(EUR 250.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 500 Markkaa (1918)Picture 1 of a sold 500 Markkaa (1918)
Katz
Auction 83
Lot 362
Internet Archive
20 May 2023 XF USD 114.44
(EUR 106.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 500 Markkaa (1918)Picture 1 of a sold 500 Markkaa (1918)
Katz
Auction 76
Lot 1649
Internet Archive
28 Jan 2023 XF USD 324.97
(EUR 301.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 500 Markkaa (1918)Picture 1 of a sold 500 Markkaa (1918)
Katz
Auction 68
Lot 1972
Internet Archive
8 Oct 2022 VF USD 134.96
(EUR 125.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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