concept
Finnish Mark
Finnish mark
also: markka, финская марка
The markka, currency of the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland within the Russian Empire; citing a Petersburg newspaper's capital in this foreign currency (rather than roubles) is part of the joke about its opaque finances.
Reading notes
- Subscriptions Now Open for 1882 §3 Finnish marks
The markka, the currency of the Grand Duchy of Finland (then an autonomous part of the Russian Empire); naming the paper's founding capital in a foreign currency rather than roubles mocks its opaque, faintly disreputable financing.