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20 Markkaa 1917
| Issuer | Suomen Pankki (Bank of Finland) |
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| Year | 1909 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Orange on gray underprint. Imperial Russian double-headed Czarist eagle vignette at upper centre, with denomination in numerals at upper left and right corners. Bilingual text in Finnish (left) and Swedish (right) runs through the body of the note, with two manuscript signatures at bottom centre and serial numbers at lower left and lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | SUOMEN PANKKI MAKSAA TÄSTÄ SETELISTÄ KAKSIKYMMENTÄ MARKKAA KULLASSA (Translation: Bank of Finland will pay for this banknote Twenty Marks in gold) |
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This note belongs to a series originally designed before Finnish independence but pressed into continued use well past 1917 — the date in the note's name reflects the year of the specific signature combination rather than a new issue. Finland declared independence in December 1917, but Suomen Pankki was already operating as a de facto central bank under Russian imperial authority, and the transition required no immediate redesign. The same plates served both empires.
The suffix designation D21 within the Pick numbering reflects one of several signature variants cataloged across this long-running type, making date and signatory identification essential to accurate attribution.