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50 Markkaa, Litt. A
| Issuer | Suomen Pankki / Finlands Bank (Bank of Finland) |
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| Year | 1986 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio on red-brown and multicolour guilloche underprint; centre-right bears a stardust security thread embedded in the paper, with four tactile raised circles in the centre field. Portrait vignette of architect Alvar Aalto (1898–1976) occupies the left portion, with two facsimile signatures in the lower centre, series year 1986 at upper left, and bilingual text in Finnish across the top with Swedish legend running vertically along the right margin. The notation 'Litt. A' appears above the denomination numeral at lower left, and an optical variable device (OVD) is positioned at upper right. |
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| Obverse lettering | VIISIKYMMENTÄ MARKKAA SUOMEN PANKKI FEMTIO MARK (Translation: [Finnish] Fifty Marks Bank of Finland [Sideways in Swedish] Fifty Marks) |
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Erik Bruun was one of Finland's most respected graphic designers, best known commercially for his wildlife poster work — his involvement here brought a distinctly non-institutional sensibility to Finnish banknote design that set the 1980s series apart from its predecessors. The Litt. A designation indicates the first letter variant of the issue, a classification Suomen Pankki used to track production batches and facilitate recall or replacement without a full redesign.
The OVD inclusion was notably early for a European note of this denomination, reflecting Finland's cautious but consistent investment in counterfeit deterrence ahead of regional peers.