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20 Markkaa, Litt. A
| Issuer | Bank of Finland |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Obverse description | Printed in blue and yellow, the obverse carries an intaglio portrait vignette of Finnish author Väinö Linna (1920–1992) positioned to the right of centre, with the denomination rendered in Swedish printed sideways along the right margin. A security hologram appears at the upper right, and an embedded stardust security thread runs vertically through the centre-right of the substrate. Two signatures appear at the bottom centre, the series year 1993 is printed at the upper left, and the Litt. A designation is printed at the lower left. |
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| Obverse lettering | KAKSIKYMMENTÄ MARKKAA SUOMEN PANKKI Litt. A (Translation: Twenty Marks Bank of Finland Print. A) |
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The 1993 series marked Setec Oy's consolidation as Finland's dedicated security printer — the Helsinki-based firm had been producing Finnish banknotes since the late 1980s, handling the full production chain domestically rather than contracting to established foreign printers like De La Rue or Giesecke & Devrient, which remained unusual among smaller European nations at the time.
The "Litt. A" designation indicates the first printing run of this denomination within the series, a Finnish central bank convention used to track production batches for internal accountability. Finland retired the entire markka series when euro notes entered circulation in January 2002.