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20 Markkaa / Mark
| Issuer | Suomen Pankki / Finlands Bank |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Size | 126 x 67 mm |
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| Reverse description | Rose-red reverse centred on a circular medallion bearing the Finnish coat of arms — a crowned lion rampant — surrounded by an elaborate wreath of oak branches set against a dense guilloche underprint. The numeral '20' appears in large ornate figures to the left and right of the central medallion, with a fine geometric lathe-work border framing the entire composition. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Finland's 1922 series was printed domestically — a deliberate post-independence policy shift away from the Russian-era reliance on foreign printers. Suomen Pankki had issued notes under Tsarist oversight until 1917, and the early republican issues carry a certain institutional self-consciousness, the central bank asserting its own authority over production for the first time.
P#58 is among the more commonly encountered survivors from the series, though notes that passed through heavy commercial use in Helsinki's market economy of the early 1920s often show horizontal fold fatigue along the center crease.