1000 Markkaa

Finland's declaration of independence in December 1917 was followed almost immediately by a brutal civil war. The Bank of Finland continued issuing notes through the conflict, but the 1918 high-denomination series existed in a fractured monetary environment — Red and White administrations both claimed legitimacy, and which notes would be honored after the war was not a settled question during circulation.

The P#41 is among the larger-value notes of the period and consequently saw limited everyday use. Post-war redemption policies and wartime attrition have made circulated survivors genuinely uncommon.