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1000 Markkaa, Litt. B
| Issuer | Bank of Finland |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Currency | Markka (1860-1963) |
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| Obverse description | Light purple note with a central vignette of a group of thirteen figures, flanked by bilingual text — Finnish on the left and Swedish on the right. A large numeral '1000' appears at centre-left, with Finland's Coat of Arms at lower right, and two facsimile signatures at bottom centre. The overprint 'Litt. B' appears in black at upper left, with serial numbers at lower left and lower right. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in shades of violet, the reverse is dominated by a large central vignette of Finland's Coat of Arms — a crowned lion on a shield — set against an elaborate guilloche background evoking dense foliage. Large numerals '1000' appear in mirror symmetry at lower left and lower right, with the year '1945' inscribed at the bottom centre, and '1000' repeated in each corner within the decorative border. |
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The Litt. B designation on Finnish notes of this period indicates a re-issued or revised printing within the same series — in this case distinguishing it from the earlier Litt. A printing of the same 1945 design. Finland's wartime and immediate postwar economy was under severe strain, and the 1000 Markkaa denomination was the highest in circulation, making it a natural target for the currency reform discussions that would culminate in the 1963 redenomination, when this note's purchasing power was effectively slashed by a factor of one hundred.
The Finnish Government Printing Centre handled domestic production throughout this period, a deliberate policy choice after wartime disruptions made reliance on foreign printers impractical.