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1.000 Marka
| Issuer | Eesti Vabariik (Republic of Estonia) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Pattern or trial banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Seeria B No Eesti Vabariigi 5%-line kassa-veksel MARKA 1000 MARKA 1920 aasta väljaanne. Tähtpäev 1. september 1920. Marka 1000.– 1. septembril 1920 maksab Riigikassa pikk kohaline rendiasutise kassa-veksli ettenäitajale ükstuhat marka Riigikassa Juhataja Raamatupidaja Riigikassa Arvestusosakonna Juhataja PROOV |
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| Reverse lettering | PROOV |
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Estonia's early mark issues were produced under genuinely chaotic conditions. The republic had declared independence in 1918, fought off both German and Soviet forces, and was still consolidating its monetary system when this note was printed. The Estonian mark had been introduced in 1919 as a replacement for the Russian ruble, at a rate of one mark per ruble — a purely administrative exchange that did nothing to stabilize underlying confidence in paper currency.
Pick 38G is a variety designation within a series notorious for its printing variants. The 1000 mark denomination saw multiple paper stocks, overprint colors, and serial configurations across a compressed production window, which is why catalog precision on the suffix letter matters considerably here.