| Pasi Lindgren, a power plant worker who paid in euros at a Helsinki grocery, says he won't miss Finland's old money, the markka. |
| More than 10 percent of Finland's exports are shipped by air and the stoppage would mean additional losses to Finnish industry of around 70 million markka per day. |
| Imports into Finland rose along with exports after the depreciation of the markka. |
| Which country had the markka as its currency unit until it adopted the euro? |
| Finnish bankers forecast that the outgoing markka will be overtaken by euro as the most used currency by the beginning of next week. |
| Finland granted its own currency, the markka, within the Russian Empire. |
