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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)[reply]
Support --Yann (talk) 21:59, 29 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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)[reply]
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)[reply]
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)[reply]
Support -- DreamSparrow ^Chat 18:08, 31 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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)[reply]
Support --Tremonist (talk) 15:10, 1 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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