He also designed the Finnish markka banknotes introduced in 1955. Today, the only value that markka coins and banknotes have is their value as collectibles. The Bank created and regulated the Finnish Markka until Finland adopted the euro in 1999. This coinage continued to be issued until the introduction of the new markka in 1963. The cost of the rebuilding was approximately 700 million Finnish markka. The cost of the reconstruction was 35 million Finnish markka. Moreover, Finland also received its own monetary system, the Finnish markka, and its own army. The name "markka" was based on a medieval unit of weight. Salmela sold the chain and several hotels in 1988 for almost 200 million Finnish markka. After the 1963 reform, this name was used for one new markka. From 1972, aluminium-bronze 5 markka were also issued. He made his goal to tie the value of Finnish markka to the gold standard. The markka had been put floating as a result of the early 1990s depression. The markka was divided into 100 pennies (; ), abbreviated as "p". All coins below 1 markka had ceased to be produced by 1948.