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100 Markkaa, Litt B
| Issuer | Bank of Finland |
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| Year | 1922 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Brown intaglio print on paper. At left, a large numeral '100' serves as the primary value indicator; to the right of centre, a vignette presents six classical allegorical figures in academic style, with a steamer vessel in the upper-left field. The Finnish Lion coat of arms is positioned at the lower right, with bilingual inscriptions in Finnish and Swedish throughout. The series letter designation 'Litt. B' appears at the upper left, serial numbers at the lower left and upper right, and two signatures with the series year are placed in the lower centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | SUOMEN PANKKISATAMARKKAAFINLANDS BANKHUNDRA MARK (Translation: Bank of Finland One Hundred Marks) |
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Finland's post-independence monetary situation in the early 1920s was complicated by severe wartime inflation and the need to assert control over a currency still psychologically tied to the Russian imperial ruble. The 1922 series, of which this Litt B belongs, was part of a sustained effort by the Bank of Finland to stabilize confidence in the markka through domestically produced notes — the Finnish Government Printing House taking over from foreign printers used in earlier decades.
The Litt B designation distinguishes this from earlier letter variants within the same type, reflecting a plate refresh rather than a design overhaul. Serial number prefix conventions changed between letters, which helps date batches more precisely than the face year alone suggests.