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5 Markkaa / Mark
| Issuer | Suomen Pankki / Finlands Bank |
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| Year | 1963 |
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| Value | 5 Markkaa |
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| Obverse lettering | VIISI MARKKAA SUOMEN PANKKI Litt. B 5 |
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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.