← Read the currency articleFinnish markka — 1860 to euro continuity: research record
Evidence coverage: 1860–2002. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.
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Finnish markka — 1860 to euro continuity
T-FTM000791 · Research draft
One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor.
Dated observations: 1860–2002; this does not establish the entire lifetime.
Parents / predecessors
Children / successors
Siblings
Unit and issue records 2 records
Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.
Finnish markkaFTM000791 · C670, C671
Finnish markka — pre-1963 scaleFTM000904 · C860, C861
Reforms within this currency
1963-01-01RedenominationOne new Finnish markka replaced 100 old markkaa.
100 Finnish markka — pre-1963 scale per 1 Finnish markkaV0180 · One new Finnish markka replaced 100 old markkaa.
C861
Monetary history 4 events
Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.
1999-01-01Euro monetary substitution1 EUR = 5.94573 FIM. Finland: euro adoption 1999-01-01; cash 2002-01-01. Regulation 974/98 substitutes the euro for each participating state’s currency on its adoption date; cash changeover is separately defined.
C670, C671, C646 2002-01-01Euro cash changeoverFinland: euro adoption 1999-01-01; cash 2002-01-01.
C671 1860–1863Territorial unit derivationInference: Finland introduced the markka as one quarter of a silver ruble in 1860, replacing rubles in accounts and transactions from 1863. A staged unit derivation within the Russian Empire, not instantaneous withdrawal of every Russian coin.
C860 1963-01-01RedenominationOne new Finnish markka replaced 100 old markkaa.
C861
Evidence & research notes 4 claims
Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
Supported C670
1 EUR = 5.94573 FIM.
Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 2866/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 Citation S348 ·
Open source ↗art.1, Finland currency row; exact decimal retained
Source access and limitations
Article 2’s original 1999 commencement does not backdate later-added currencies.
Country-specific dates come from the separate 974/98 annex.
Supported C671
Finland: euro adoption 1999-01-01; cash 2002-01-01.
Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 974/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 Citation S347 ·
Open source ↗Annex, Finland row; arts.2–3 provide substitution
Source access and limitations
Consolidation, not an as-made 1998 text.
National short cash-withdrawal periods and every accession amendment were not individually audited.
Inference C860
Finland introduced the markka as one quarter of a silver ruble in 1860, replacing rubles in accounts and transactions from 1863. A staged unit derivation within the Russian Empire, not instantaneous withdrawal of every Russian coin.
Bank of Finland · Bank of Finland 200 years, part I — Imperial Cashier to Central Bank Citation S427 ·
Open source ↗Printed p. 229, Towards monetary reform: 1860 proclamation and 1863 replacement in accounts
Source access and limitations
Relevant indexed paragraphs inspected; full PDF fetch timed out.
No claim of full-volume inspection.
Relevant indexed passage inspected in revision 13; Printed p. 229, Towards monetary reform: 1860 proclamation and 1863 replacement in accounts
Supported C861
One new Finnish markka replaced 100 old markkaa.
Deutsche Bundesbank · Metadata on the Exchange Rate Statistics, 24 September 2025 Citation S98 ·
Open source ↗Finland, PDF p. 89
Source access and limitations
Historical reference, not a 2026 legal-status audit.
Only selected country milestones used.
Supported C646
Regulation 974/98 substitutes the euro for each participating state’s currency on its adoption date; cash changeover is separately defined.
Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 974/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 Citation S347 ·
Open source ↗arts.1, 1a, 2–3
Source access and limitations
Consolidation, not an as-made 1998 text.
National short cash-withdrawal periods and every accession amendment were not individually audited.