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1.000 Markkaa / Mark
| Issuer | Suomen Pankki / Finlands Bank |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Reference(s) | P#67 |
| Obverse description | The obverse presents a large allegorical vignette occupying the upper centre of the note, composed of multiple nude and semi-draped figures in a classical processional scene, rendered in fine intaglio engraving. The large numeral '1000' appears in the lower left in bold letterpress, flanked by the bilingual issuer inscription 'SUOMEN PANKKI TUHAT MARKKAA / FINLANDS BANK ETTUSEN MARK' in two columns, with the Finnish coat of arms to the right. The serial number 'A 404269' appears twice in the lower portion, with the date '1922' along the bottom border, and the notation 'Litt. C' in the upper left corner. |
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| Reverse lettering | 1000 1922 |
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Finland's postwar monetary situation was chaotic enough that the Suomen Pankki was issuing high-denomination notes almost continuously through the early 1920s, attempting to absorb the inflation driven by wartime disruption and the economic dislocation that followed independence in 1917. The 1922 series represented an effort to stabilize the note supply rather than introduce new denominations — by this point the markka had lost a substantial fraction of its prewar value against gold.
Pick 67 was printed domestically, an increasingly deliberate policy choice as Finland built its own printing infrastructure rather than relying on foreign security printers. The watermark is the primary security device, modest by the standards of contemporary Western European issues.