20 Markkaa

€2.00
IssuerFinland
Year1993
TypeStandard circulation banknote
Value20 Markkaa (20 FIM)
CurrencyNew Markka (1963-2001)
CompositionPaper
Size142 × 69 mm
ShapeRectangular
Printer
No. printed12,175,000
Designer(s)
Engraver(s)
In circulation to29 February 2012
Reference(s) P#122
Obverse descriptionBlue and yellow.  Portrait of the Finnish author Väinö Linna (1920-1992).  Stardust security thread through centre right of paper. Optical variable device (OVD) security feature on upper right. Two signatures in bottom centre, series year, 1986, on top left.  Text in Finnish on top and centre, Swedish sideways on the right.  Two pairs of raised circles above bank name.
Reverse descriptionTammerkoski river in Tampere, view with factory buildings on either side of the river flowing between.  Text in Finnish and Swedish.
Signature(s)
Protection typeWatermark
Protection descriptionSame portrait of Väinö Linna, facing right in blank right side of note.
Obverse letteringKAKSIKYMMENTÄ MARKKAA SUOMEN PANKKI TJUGO MARK
(Translation: [Finnish]Twenty Marks Bank of Finland  [Sideways in Swedish] Twenty Marks)
Reverse letteringSUOMEN PANKKI FINLANDS BANK KAKSIKYMMENTÄ MARKKAA TJUGO MARK
(Translation: Bank of Finland  Twenty Marks)
VariantsThere exists a very rare variant with rounded edges and an overprint "in silver" (У СРЕБРУ). Only 3 known samples exist, with serial numbers A.059 998, A.059 999 and A.059 000.
Catalog ID4909513780
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