500 Markkaa

500 Markkaa - obverse500 Markkaa - reverse

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Features

Issuer Finland
Issuing bank Bank of Finland (Suomen Pankki)
Period Republic (1919-date)
Type Standard banknote
Year 1986
Value 500 Markkaa (500 FIM)
Currency New Markka (1963-2001)
Composition Paper
Size 142 × 69 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
331141
References P# 116
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: 1986-93

Obverse

Red on yellow underprint.

Portrait of Elias Lönnrot (1802-1884), a Finnish physician and philologist.

Security thread through centre right of paper.
2 raised circles on bottom right above serial number.
Two signatures in bottom centre, series year, 1986, on top left.

Text in Finnish on top and centre.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
VIISISATAA MARKKAA

SUOMEN PANKKI

Translation:
Five Hundred Marks

Bank of Finland

Reverse

Punkaharju. Finnish lakelands.

Bilingual text in Finnish and Swedish.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
SUOMEN PANKKI
FINLANDS BANK

VIISISATAA MARKKAA
FEMHUNDRA MARK

Translation:
Bank of Finland

Five Hundred Marks

Watermark

Elias Lönnrot

Comments

Read more on Elias Lönnrot here: https://kansallisbiografia.fi/english/person/2836

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Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 500 MarkkaaPicture 1 of a sold 500 Markkaa
Katz
Auction 99
Lot 1723
Internet Archive
31 Oct 2023 USD 254.89
(EUR 236.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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