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5 Markkaa / Mark
| Issuer | Suomen Pankki / Finlands Bank |
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| Year | 1963 |
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| Size | 115 x 55 mm |
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| Obverse description | Light blue note with a central vignette of a conifer branch with needles rendered in green intaglio, set against a fine guilloche underprint. The denomination numeral '5' appears in blue at each corner and at centre over the branch motif. The inscriptions 'VIISI MARKKAA' are placed to the left and right of the central vignette, with 'SUOMEN PANKKI' below. Serial numbers appear in blue at lower left and lower right, with two manuscript signatures and the year '1963' at lower centre. The notation 'Litt. B' appears at upper right. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Finland's 1963 banknote series was designed and printed entirely domestically — a deliberate policy shift after decades of reliance on foreign printers, most notably the Swedish firm Tumba Bruk. The State Printing Centre in Helsinki took over production, and this 5 Markkaa belongs to the first generation of notes issued under the revalued markka introduced on 1 January 1963, when the "new markka" replaced the old at a rate of 100:1. The redenomination was a direct response to the inflationary damage accumulated since the Second World War.
The 1963 series ran longer than originally planned — P#106A remained in circulation well into the 1970s.