Finnish markka

The Finnish markka, also known as the Suomen markka, or simply markka, was the currency in Finland before Finland started to use Euro. Markka's abbreviation was mk and internationally FIM. There were 100 pennies, (penni, p), to each markka. There were also coupons.

Finnish markka

Suomen markka  (Finnish) finsk mark  (Swedish)
1983 1 markka
ISO 4217
Code	FIM
Unit
Plural	markkaa (Finnish partitive sg.) mark (Swedish)
Symbol	mk‎
Denominations
Subunit
​1⁄100	penni
Plural
penni	penniä (Finnish partitive sg.) penni (Swedish)
Symbol
penni	p
Banknotes
Freq. used	10 mk, 20 mk, 50 mk, 100 mk, 500 mk
Rarely used	1000 mk
Coins
Freq. used	10 p, 50 p, 1 mk, 5 mk, 10 mk
Rarely used	1 p (until 1979), 5 p and 20 p (until 1990)
Demographics
User(s)	None, previously:  Finland
Issuance
Central bank	Bank of Finland
Website	www.bof.fi
Valuation
EU Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM)
Since	14 October 1996
Fixed rate since	31 December 1998
Replaced by euro, non cash	1 January 1999
Replaced by euro, cash	1 January 2002
1 € =	5.94573 mk