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20 Finnish Markkaa (1862)

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Original – Finland, 20 markkaa note (1862), from the first issue of Markka (1860–62), and the first year of issue for this denomination. Reverse text printed in both Finnish and Russian. Hand-signed by the bank’s director and cashier.

Reason

High quality image, high EV. The first issue of Finnish markka (1860–62) was introduced to replace the Russian ruble. A scarce note in fairly high grade for the issue.

Articles in which these images appear

Finnish markka

FP category for this image

Currency

Creator

Bank of Finland for the Grand Duchy of Finland (under the Russian Empire)
Image by Godot13.

• Support as nominator – Godot13 (talk) 19:45, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
• Support --Yann (talk) 21:59, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
• Comment Can something be done about the lines from the creases in the paper? Those ones in the middle are particularly distracting. Dusty777 23:56, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
• Support If the banknote itself is creased like that, it would be misrepresentation to eliminate the crease. And it could still be much worse — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:00, 30 August 2015 (UTC)
• Support You don't see many uncirculated ones these days... ;-) Interesting to note that the obverse only has Swedish text - we Finland-Swedes have dwindled to only 5% by now. --Janke | Talk 06:27, 30 August 2015 (UTC)
• Support -- DreamSparrow ^Chat 18:08, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
• Support Minus points for the mess of languages, but plus points for the orange ink and terrible layout. Belle (talk) 14:44, 1 September 2015 (UTC)
• Support --Tremonist (talk) 15:10, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

Promoted File:FIN-A36b-Finlands Bank-20 Markkaa (1862).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:48, 8 September 2015 (UTC)