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1000 Markkaa, Litt. A, C
| Issuer | Bank of Finland |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Printer | Finnish Government Printing Office, Helsinki |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Wavy pattern throughout. |
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Finland's 1922 1000 Markkaa was printed domestically at a time when the country was still establishing its independent monetary infrastructure — the Bank of Finland had only recently reasserted full control over note issuance following the turbulent years of the Civil War and the subsequent stabilization efforts of the early 1920s. Printing this denomination locally, rather than contracting a foreign security printer, was a deliberate policy choice, though Finnish Government Printing Office production of this period is sometimes criticized for inconsistent ink density across the sheet run.
The Litt. A and Litt. C designation indicates sequential issue batches with different serial letter prefixes, a distinction that matters primarily to specialists tracking the two signatures associated with this type.