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20 Markkaa 1917
| Issuer | Suomen Pankki (Bank of Finland) |
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| Year | 1909 |
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| Currency | Markka (1860-1963) |
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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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| Reverse lettering | SUOMEN PANKKI FINLANDS BANK ФИНЛЯНСКЙ БАНК ДВАДЦАТЬ МАРОКЪ ЗОЛОТОМЪ LAKI SUOMEN SUURIRUHTINAANMAAN RAHASTA ANNETTU HELSINGISSÄ 9P:NÄ ELOKUUTA 1877. 1§ SUOMENMAAN RAHALAITOKSEN KANTANA ON KULTA AINOANA ARVONMITTANA. (Translation: Bank of Finland, in Finnish [left] and in Swedish [right]. [Bottom in Russian] Bank of Finland Twenty Marks in Gold [Small lettering on either side] The law on the Grand Duchy of Finland's money enacted in Helsinki on 9th of August 1877. 1§ The Finnish department of finance determines gold as the only standard of value) |
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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.