50 Markkaa

50 Markkaa - obverse50 Markkaa - reverse

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Features

Issuer Finland
Issuing bank Bank of Finland (Suomen Pankki)
Grand Prince Nicholas II (1894-1917)
Type Standard banknote
Year 1909
Value 50 Markkaa
Currency Markka (1860-1963)
Composition Paper
Size 155 × 93 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
330457
References P# 12
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

Obverse

Blue. Czarist eagle at upper centre. Stylised sailing ship in 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
VIISIKYMMENTÄ MARKKAA
KULLASSA

Translation:
Bank of Finland
will pay for this banknote
Fifty Marks
in gold

Reverse

Lighthouse in centre, above Finnish Lion Arms of Finland,, with large numeral 50 on either side.
Finnish and Swedish text in top border, Russian text in bottom border.
Small text in Finnish on left, and Swedish on right.

Lettering:
SUOMEN PANKKI
FINLANDS BANK
ФИНЛЯНСКЙ БАНК ПЯТЬДЕСАТЬ МАРОКЪ ЗОЛОТОМЪ

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

Translation:
[Top] Bank of Finland, in Finnish and in Swedish.
[Bottom in Russian] Bank of Finland Fifty 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 several varieties of Series 1909, some issued up to 1918.

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Date No. printed VG F VF XF AU UNC
1909  2 173 000

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