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20 Markkaa
| Issuer | Suomen Pankki (Bank of Finland) |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Value | 20 Markkaa |
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| Obverse description | Printed in purple, the note is arranged in a vertical bilateral layout with the denomination numeral 20 occupying both the left and right fields, flanking a central vignette of a tree. Bilingual authority text runs along the vertical margins — Finnish to the left, Swedish to the right — while two authorising signatures appear across the centre. Serial numbers are positioned at lower left and lower right, with the series year in the bottom margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | SUOMEN PANKKI KAKSIKYMMENTÄ MARKKAA FINLANDS BANK TJUGU MARK 1922 (Translation: Bank of Finland Twenty Marks 1922) |
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Finland's post-independence monetary consolidation produced a series of notes that leaned heavily on domestic printing capacity — the Finnish Government Printing Office had been producing stamps and official documents for decades, but banknote production at this scale was relatively new ground. The 1922 series reflects that transition: competent work, but lacking the intaglio depth that characterized notes contracted out to Waterlow or American Bank Note.
Pick 44 was issued during a period of manageable inflation — nothing like the catastrophic monetary collapses occurring simultaneously in Germany or Hungary — which meant these notes actually circulated hard and for years. Worn survivors are the rule, not the exception.