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1.000 Marka
| Issuer | Eesti Vabariigi Kassatäht (Estonian State Treasury) |
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| Year | 1920-1921 |
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| Designer(s) | Nikolai Triik |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is set within an elaborate Art Nouveau foliate and geometric border in green and brown tones. A large central guilloche rosette medallion occupies the middle of the field, flanked by two manuscript-style facsimile signatures above a serial number repeated twice. The denomination "TUHAT MARKA" is inscribed in large stylized lettering across the upper portion, with "1000" appearing between the two title panels, and two lines of Estonian legal tender text running along the lower margin. |
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| Reverse lettering | EESTI WABARIIGI KASSATÄHT 1000 MARKA |
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The Estonian State Treasury notes of this period were produced domestically at a time when the young republic had almost no established printing infrastructure — a considerable logistical challenge for a country that had only declared independence in 1918 and was still consolidating after the War of Independence against Soviet forces. Printing in-house was a political statement as much as a practical decision.
Nikolai Triik was one of Estonia's most respected graphic artists, better known for portraiture and painting than banknote work. His involvement gave the series an unusually fine aesthetic pedigree by the standards of emergency domestic production.