12 Markkaa
© Miikka Jaala
Features
| Issuer |
Finland
 |
|---|---|
| Issuing bank | Bank of Finland (Suomen Pankki) |
| Grand duke |
Alexander II (1855-1881)
|
| Type | Standard circulation banknotes |
| Years | 1863-1875 |
| Value | 12 Markkaa |
| Currency | Markka (1860-1963) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 134 × 81 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Demonetized | 31 December 1944 |
| Number | N# 295848 |
| References | P# A35a, A35b, etc. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). |
Series: 1860-1866
Obverse
Green. Man with stick and cap at left, young woman with scarf at right.
Denomination on left and right in Swedish and Finnish.
Main text in Swedish in centre.
Series year 1862.
Scripts: Latin, Latin (cursive)
Lettering:
12 MARK I SILFVER 12 MARKKAA HOPEASSA
Emot denna sedel betalar FINLANDS BANK vid anfordran en summa af TOLF MARK i silfver.
Translation:
[On the top left in Swedish, and top right in Finnish] Twelve Marks in Silver
In exchange of this banknote the Bank of Finland will pay on demand the sum of Twenty Marks in silver.
Designer: Aleksander Fadejev
Reverse
Text on reverse in Finnish and Russian.
Scripts: Cyrillic, Cyrillic (cursive), Latin, Latin (cursive)
Lettering:
ДВѢНАДЦАТЬ МАРКЪ СЕРЕБРОМЪ
Tästä setelistä maksaa Suomen maan Pankki vaadittaissa KAKSITOISTA markkaa hopeassa.
Предъявителю сего Финляндскiй Банкъ выдаетъ Двѣнадцать Маркъ серебромъ.
Tämän Setelin väärentäminen tahi muukaaminen, kiun myöskin semmosen rahan kauppaaminen, rangaistaan Marraskuun 2 (14) päivänä 1812 annetun Keisarillisen asetuksen jälkeen.
Förfalskning eller efterapning af denna Sedel, äfvensom utprångling af denne förfalskede, anses med Kejserl. Förordningen af den 2 (14) November 1812 stadgade ansvar.
.
Translation:
TWELVE MARKS IN SILVER
From this banknote Bank of Finland will pay the sum of TWELVE MARKS in silver.
To the bearer of this note, the Bank of Finland will pay twelve mark in silver.
Designer: Aleksander Fadejev
Watermark
Text 'FINLANDS BANK' and two instances of numeral 12 in a circle.
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| Date | No. printed | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1863 | 1 202 000 | Year 1862. Without prefix: issued 1863-1874 | |||||||||||||
| 1874 | 254 000 | Year 1862. Prefix B: issued 1874-1875 | |||||||||||||
| 1875 | 196 000 | Year 1862. Prefix C: issued 1875-1882 | |||||||||||||
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