5 Markkaa

Finland's postwar monetary situation in 1945 was complicated by the reparations obligations imposed under the Moscow Armistice of September 1944 — the government needed tight control over currency supply while simultaneously managing wartime debt and reconstruction costs. The Finnish Government Printing Office had handled domestic note production since the 1930s, reducing reliance on foreign printers that had been standard practice earlier in the century.

Pick 84 replaced the earlier 1939 issue of the same denomination. Wartime paper shortages affected print quality across the series, and surviving examples often show uneven ink absorption as a direct consequence.