10 Markkaa, Bank of Finland, Finland, 1898 (Pick 3)

This 10 Markkaa note was issued in Finland by the Bank of Finland, dated 1898. It belongs to the Markka (1860-1963) currency system. It measures 195 × 112 mm and is printed on paper. The Standard Catalog of World Paper Money lists the type as Pick 3.

Obverse: Purple Denomination in numerals in three corners Woman standing at left. Eagle Crest in centre Serial number in centre and on bottom left Two signatures in bottom centre Issue year on bottom. Large 10M in underprint. Its lettering reads “SUOMEN PANKKI / maksaa tästä setelistä / KYMMENEN MARKKAA / KULLASSA / FINLANDS BANK / inlöser denna sedel med / TIO MARK / I GULD”. Translation given in the catalogue: “Bank of Finland will pay for this banknote Ten Marks in Gold [In Finnish on the right and Swedish on the left]”.

Reverse: Arms, Finnish Lion, surrounded by spruce twigs. Denomination in numerals. Large text in Russian, Swedish and Finnish. Smaller text in the circle surrounding the Arms in Swedish and Finnish. Scripts: Cyrillic and Latin. Its lettering reads “ФИНЛЯНДСКІЙ БАНКЪ 10 МАРОКЪ ЗОЛОТОМЪ / FINLANDS BANK 10 MARK / SUOMEN PANKKI 10 MARKKAA / LAKI SUOMEN SUURIRUHTINAANMAAN RAHASTA ANNETTU HELSINGISSÄ 9P:NÄ ELOKUUTA 1877. 1§ SUOMENMAAN RAHALAITOKSEN KANTANA ON KULTA AINOANA ARVONMITTANA.”. Translation given in the catalogue: “[Russian] Bank of Finland 10 Marks in gold [Swedish and Finnish] Bank of Finland 10 Marks [Swedish and Finnish, small lettering] The law on the Grand Duchy of Finland's money enacted in Helsinki on 9th of August 1877. 1§ The Finnish department of fin”.

Signatures recorded for the type: Karl Bergbom (KB) (Governor); I. A. Landtman (IAL) (Ludvig Hisinger-Jägerskiöld (LHJ)); Karl T, A. Wegelius (KTAW) (Chairman of the board); J. M. Ahlfors (JMA) (Fridolf Stenius (FS)); Member of the Board (Clas von Collan (CC)); Governor. Demonetized: Yes. Identification note: match the value, issuing bank, printed date and Pick number together; dates and signature combinations distinguish sub-varieties, which are not separated in this entry. Details follow the Numista catalogue entry and the Standard Catalog reference it cites; they have not been checked against a central-bank archive.