Finnish markka

Also known as Finnish mark, markka, markkaa, FIM, mk

currency of Finland in 1860–2002

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Vinony's link graph records 583 inbound references to Finnish markka, and connects out to Finland, United States dollar and Russian ruble.

It is catalogued under topics including 1860 establishments in Finland, 2001 disestablishments in Finland and Currencies introduced in 1860.

Vinony links it to 47 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

1: 5.94573 mk
Code: FIM
Plural: markkaa ( Finnish partitive sg.), mark ( Swedish )
Symbol: mk ‎
1 100: penni
Penni: penniä ( Finnish partitive sg.) , penni ( Swedish )
Freq used: 20 mk, 50 mk, 100 mk, 500 mk
Rarely used: 1000 mk
Replaced: Ruble and Riksdaler
Replaced by: Euro
User s: Grand Duchy of Finland (1860–1917) Republic of Finland (1917–2002)
Central bank: Bank of Finland
Website: www .suomenpankki .fi /en /
Inflation: 1.3%
Source: CIA World Factbook 2001
Since: 14 October 1996
Fixed rate since: 31 December 1998
Replaced by euro non cash: 1 January 1999

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Wikidata facts

Image: Finnish Markka 1990.jpg

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inception: 1860-00-00
end time: 2002-01-01
start time: 1860-04-04
unit symbol: Smk
Commons category: Finnish markka
native label: Suomen markka
price: 0.168187926
short name: mk

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Encyclopedic overview

The markka (Finnish: markka; Swedish: mark; sign: mk; ISO code: FIM), also known as the Finnish mark, was the currency of Finland from 1860 until 28 February 2002, when Finland adopted the euro, and it ceased to be legal tender. The markka was divided into 100 pennies (Finnish: penni; Swedish: penni), abbreviated as "p". At the point of conversion, the rate was fixed at €1 = 5.94573 mk.

The markka was replaced by the euro (€), which had been introduced, in cash form, on 1 January 2002. This was after a transitional period of three years, when the euro was the official currency but only existed as "book money" outside of the monetary base. The dual circulation period, when both the markka and the euro had legal tender status, ended on 28 February 2002.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Finnish markka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.