20 Markkaa

Features

Issuer Finland
Issuing bank Bank of Finland (Suomen Pankki)
Grand Prince Alexander III (1881-1894)
Type Standard banknote
Years 1891-1894
Value 20 Markkaa
Currency Markka (1860-1963)
Composition Paper
Size 139 × 78 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
332179
References P# 52
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: 1886-94

Obverse

Black on redish underprint. Czarist eagle in upper centre.



Text in Swedish on left, and in Finnish on right.

Denomination in words repeated in Swedish and Finnish around the banknote border.

Lettering:
Finlands Bank

inlöser denna sedel med

TJUGU MARK

i guld

Suomen Pankki

maksaa tästä setelistä

KAKSIKYMMENTÄ MARKKAA

kullassa

Translation:
Bank of Finland

will pay from this note

TWENTY MARKS

in gold

Reverse

Finnish arms in centre, Lion of Finland, with lettering: ‘Finlands Bank . Suomen Pankki’ around it.



Text in Swedish on left, Finnish on right, and in Russian on the bottom.

Microprinting around the border of the note in Swedish and Finnish contains a statement of the legislation governing payment of the notes in gold.

Lettering:
Finlands Bank . Suomen Pankki


ДВАДЦАТЬ МАРОКЪ ЗОЛОТОМЪ - ФИНЛЯНДСКIЙ БАНКЪ - ДВАДЦАТЬ МАРОКЪ ЗОЛОТОМЪ

Translation:
[Around arms, in Swedish on left, Finnish on right] Bank of Finland



[Russian text at bottom] Twenty Marks in Gold - Bank of Finland - Twenty Marks in Gold

Comments

Three colour variations of underprint:
p.A52a. Light orange-red underprint;
p.A52b. Light brown-red underprint;
p.A52c. Darker red underprint.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1891  p.A52a
1894  Photo p.A52c.

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Version Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 20 MarkkaaPicture 1 of a sold 20 Markkaa
Katz
Auction 97
Lot 588
Internet Archive
7 Oct 2023 1894 – p.A52c. VF USD 518.94
(EUR 481.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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