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1.000 Marka
| Issuer | Eesti Pank (Bank of Estonia) |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Value | 1.000 Marka |
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| Obverse lettering | EESTI PANGATÄHT 1000 MARKA TUHAT MARKA |
| Reverse description | The reverse centres on an intaglio vignette of the Tallinn harbour skyline, with steam and sailing vessels on the water before the city's church spires and rooflines rendered in fine black engraving. The denomination '1000' appears in large red numerals to the left and right of the central scene, while the title 'EESTI PANGATÄHT' is inscribed in a cartouche at the top. A multi-line legal text in Estonian is set within a decorative scrollwork panel beneath the harbour vignette, and the overall design is framed by intricate guilloche rosette borders in pink and green. |
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Estonia's first central bank, Eesti Pank, was established in 1919 and spent its early years navigating severe currency instability inherited from the collapse of Tsarist and German occupation monetary systems. The marka series was always intended as transitional — Estonia would replace it with the kroon in 1928, at a conversion rate of 100 marka to 1 kroon.
The American Bank Note Company supplied the intaglio-printed sheets, though the catalog notation that printing occurred in Estonia likely refers to local overprinting or completion work rather than full production at an ABNC New York facility. ABNC was handling similar commissions for several newly independent states in this period, often splitting production across both locations.