20 Markkaa 1917

20 Markkaa (1917) - obverse20 Markkaa (1917) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Finland
Issuing bank Bank of Finland (Suomen Pankki)
Period Provisional Government (1917-1919)
Type Standard banknote
Year 1909
Value 20 Markkaa
Currency Markka (1860-1963)
Composition Paper
Size 140 × 84 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
330527
References P# 19D, 21
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.

Series: 1909 (1917-18)

Obverse

Orange on gray underprint.
Czarist eagle at upper centre.

Denomination in numerals on top left and right corners.
Text in Finnish on left, and Swedish on right.
Signatures in bottom centre, serial numbers on left and right bottom.

Lettering:
SUOMEN PANKKI
MAKSAA TÄSTÄ SETELISTÄ
KAKSIKYMMENTÄ
MARKKAA KULLASSA

Translation:
Bank of Finland
will pay for this banknote
Twenty
Marks in gold

Reverse

Stylized tree in centre, with Finnish Arms Lion of Finland below.
Text in Finnish, Swedish and Russian

Lettering:
SUOMEN PANKKI
FINLANDS BANK
ФИНЛЯНСКЙ БАНК ДВАДЦАТЬ МАРОКЪ ЗОЛОТОМЪ

LAKI SUOMEN SUURIRUHTINAANMAAN RAHASTA ANNETTU HELSINGISSÄ 9P:NÄ ELOKUUTA 1877. 1§ SUOMENMAAN RAHALAITOKSEN KANTANA ON KULTA AINOANA ARVONMITTANA.

Translation:
Bank of Finland, in Finnish [left] and in Swedish [right].
[Bottom in Russian] Bank of Finland Twenty Marks in Gold

[Small lettering on either side]The law on the Grand Duchy of Finland's money enacted in Helsinki on 9th of August 1877. 1§ The Finnish department of finance determines gold as the only standard of value

Comments

P19D. Senate Issue, 1917.
p21. People's Commissariat 1918.

See: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/note331174.html for p26. Marked Litt A. 1918.

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Picture 1 of a sold 20 Markkaa (1917)Picture 1 of a sold 20 Markkaa (1917)
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Auction 93
Lot 1725
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24 Aug 2023 UNC USD 335.17
(EUR 311.00)
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