<Tr> <Th> € = </Th> <Td> 5.94573 mk </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete . </Td> </Tr> <P> The Finnish markka (Finnish: Suomen markka, abbreviated mk, Swedish: finsk mark, currency code: FIM) was the currency of Finland from 1860 until 28 February 2002, when it ceased to be legal tender . The markka was replaced by the euro (€), which had been introduced, in cash form, on 1 January 2002, after a transitional period of three years when the euro was the official currency but only existed as' book money' . The dual circulation period--when both the Finnish markka and the euro had legal tender status--ended on 28 February 2002 . </P> <P> The markka was divided into 100 pennies (Finnish: penni, with numbers penniä, Swedish: penni), postfixed "p". At the point of conversion, the rate was fixed at € 1 = 5.94573 mk . </P>

What was finland's currency before the euro