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5 Markkaa
| Issuer | Bank of Finland (Suomen Pankki) |
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| Year | 1922 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | The Finnish Lion coat of arms is centrally placed, with the numeral 5 repeated on each lateral side against a plain ground. |
| Reverse lettering | 5 |
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Finland's post-independence monetary environment was volatile enough that the Bank of Finland required a rapid succession of new note types through the early 1920s, largely to replace Imperial-era Russian-influenced issues and assert clear national authority over the currency. The P#42 belongs to a transitional phase of that process, printed domestically by Suomen Pankin Setelipaino at a time when the facility was still consolidating its capacity to handle the full national output without foreign contract printers.
The 1922 5 Markkaa series is not particularly scarce in circulated grades, but examples with intact paper integrity are less common than the survival rate might suggest — the low denomination meant heavy everyday handling.