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5 Markkaa
| Issuer | Bank of Finland (Suomen Pankki) |
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| Year | 1922 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green note with a central tree vignette flanked by the numeral 5 on both the left and right sides. Bilingual text is arranged with Finnish inscriptions on the left and Swedish on the right, with two signatures at centre and serial numbers at lower left and lower right. Series year appears in the lower margin; this is the first issue, without a Litt. designation. |
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| Obverse lettering | SUOMEN PANKKI VIISI MARKKAA FINLANDS BANK FEM MARK 1922 (Translation: Bank of Finland Five Marks 1922) |
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Finland's post-independence monetary environment was volatile enough that the Bank of Finland required a rapid succession of new note types through the early 1920s, largely to replace Imperial-era Russian-influenced issues and assert clear national authority over the currency. The P#42 belongs to a transitional phase of that process, printed domestically by Suomen Pankin Setelipaino at a time when the facility was still consolidating its capacity to handle the full national output without foreign contract printers.
The 1922 5 Markkaa series is not particularly scarce in circulated grades, but examples with intact paper integrity are less common than the survival rate might suggest — the low denomination meant heavy everyday handling.