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25 Markkaa
| Issuer | Vaasa Osake Pankki (Wasa Aktie Bank) |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | WASA AKTIE BANK BETALAR MOT DENNA KONTOKURANTRÄKNINGS-CHECK TILL FINSKA STATSVERKET ELLER ORDER TJUGUFEM MARK i FINSKT MYNT Emottages utan statsverkets endosso af landets privatbanker (Translation: Wasa Aktie Bank will pay against this current account cheque to the Finnish State Treasury or order Twenty-Five Marks in Finnish coin [Small text sideways on the right] Accepted without the State Treasury's endorsement by the country's private banks) |
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| Reverse lettering | VAASAN OSAKE PANKKI MAKSAA TÄSTÄ KONTTOKURANTTI-SHEKISTÄ SUOMEN VALTIOLLE TAHI MÄÄRÄÄMÄLLENSÄ KAKSIKYMMENTÄVIISI MARKKAA SUOMEN RAHASSA Lunastetaan ilman valtion siirtoa maan yksityispankeissa (Translation: Vaasa Osake Pankki will pay for this current account cheque to the State of Finland or its designee Twenty-Five Marks in Finnish money [Small text sideways on the right] Redeemed without state transfer in the country's private banks) |
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Vaasa Osake Pankki was one of several Finnish provincial banks that issued emergency currency during the 1918 Civil War, when the White-controlled north was effectively cut off from Helsinki and the State Treasury. This note circulated in territory held by the White Guard, giving it an explicitly political character — it was not a banking instrument in any conventional sense but a financing mechanism for one side of an active armed conflict.
The Vaasa series is among the scarcer Finnish Civil War local issues. Many were withdrawn and demonetized quickly once the Whites consolidated control and the State began reasserting monetary authority later that year.