Finnish markka

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The Finnish markka was the national currency of Finland until it was replaced by the euro in 2002.


Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fiat currency
former national currency
category Currencies of Europe
Currencies of Finland
centralBank Bank of Finland
centralBankInFinnish Bank of Finland
surface form: Suomen Pankki
centralBankInSwedish Bank of Finland
surface form: Finlands Bank
country Finland
currencyOf Finland
surface form: Republic of Finland
decimalizationYear 1860
denominationType banknotes
coins
euroCashIntroduced 2002-01-01
exchangeableAtCentralBankUntil 2012-02-29
fixedConversionRateToEuro 1 EUR = 5.94573 FIM
goldStandardAdoptionYear 1878
goldStandardSuspensionYear 1914
historicalEra 19th century
20th century
early 21st century
introducedAsCurrency 1860
introducedBy Alexander II of Russia
ISO4217Code FIM
ISONumericCode 246
languageOnBanknotes Finnish
Swedish language
surface form: Swedish
legalTenderStatusEnded 2002-02-28
monetaryPolicyAuthority Bank of Finland
monetaryUnion Eurozone
nativeLabel markka
officialName markka
replacedBy Euro
surface form: euro
replacedByCurrencyCode Euro
surface form: EUR
replacedCurrency Russian ruble
status obsolete
subunit penny
subunitNameInFinnish penni
subunitToUnit 100 penniä = 1 markka
successorCurrency Euro
surface form: European Union euro
successorCurrencyUsedIn Finland
symbol FIM
mk
usedAsBookkeepingCurrencyUntil 2001-12-31
usedDuring Grand Duchy of Finland
independent Finland
usedUntil 2002
wasLegalTenderIn Åland Islands

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Finland formerCurrency Finnish markka
Euro replacedCurrency Finnish markka
subject surface form: euro