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3 Markkaa

Features

Issuer Finland
Issuing bank Bank of Finland (Suomen Pankki)
Grand duke Alexander II (1855-1881)
Type Standard circulation banknotes
Year 1860
Value 3 Markkaa
Currency Markka (1860-1963)
Composition Paper
Size 125 × 93 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
332199
References P# A34
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

Series: 1860-1866

Obverse

Light grey-green on light yellow underprint.
Embossed Czarist eagle with denomination in Swedish 'TRE MARK' beneath it in top centre field.

Black text.
Word 'päälle' is hyphenated and breaks across two lines.

'FINLANDS BANK' reversed out in white across centre of note.

Text in Swedish on right and in Finnish on left.
Russian text below.

Scripts: Cyrillic, Latin

Lettering: Tätä seteliä vastaan maksaa Suomenmaan Pankki anomuksen pääl-le KOLME markkaa hopeassa

Translation: In exchange of this banknote the Bank of Finland will pay on demand the sum of Three Marks in silver.

Reverse

Black on white.
Numeral 3 in centre in circle.

Border around edges. Text in Russian on top and bottom, and in Swedish on left side and Finnish or right side.

Lettering: Tämän Setelin väärentäminen tahi muukaaminen, kiun myöskin semmosen rahan kauppaaminen, rangaistaan Marraskuun 2 (14) päivänä 1812 annetun Keisarillisen asetuksen jälkeen.

Translation: [In Swedish on left side, Finnish on right side] The forgery or alteration of this Banknote, as well as the trading of similar money, will be punished under the Imperial decree issued on November 2 (14) 1812.

Comments

Detail of embossed eagle in top centre, with denomination in words beneath it 'TRE MARK'

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Version Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 3 MarkkaaPicture 1 of a sold 3 Markkaa
Katz
Auction 111
Lot 1829
Internet Archive
30 Jan 2024 1860 VF USD 4516.24
(EUR 3891.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 3 MarkkaaPicture 1 of a sold 3 Markkaa
Katz
Auction 124
Lot 1668
Internet Archive
14 May 2024 Undetermined VF USD 5623.54
(EUR 4845.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 3 MarkkaaPicture 1 of a sold 3 Markkaa
Katz
Auction 111
Lot 1829
Internet Archive
30 Jan 2024 Undetermined VF USD 4516.24
(EUR 3891.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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