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Finland |
2012Commemorative coin150th anniversary of the birth of the artist Helene Schjerfbeck |
Official Journal of the European Union |
The design shows a stylised self portrait of the artist with the text Helene SCHJERFBECK on the left and the yearmarks 1862-1946 on the right. Left on the lower side of the coin are the yearmark 2012 and the country's reference FI. The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag. |
| © European Union, 1998-2025, Official Journal of the European Union, 2012/C 231/03 |
Additional information |
The early work of the Finnish-Swedish painter Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946) was characterised by a radical naturalism. After a study visit to Paris, she felt like an outsider in the national-romantic dominated Finnish art world. She left naturalism behind and developed her own style of painting, characterised by expressive colours and strong lines. Dedicated to her 150th birthday, the coin motif designed by Eria Tielinen depicts a self-portrait of Schjerfbeck painted in 1937. It is similar to the 100-markkaa coin minted on the 50th anniversary of her death in 1996. |
| (Translation of the excerpt from de.Wikipedia „2-Euro-Gedenkmünzen#Jahrgang 2012“) |
Edge lettering |
| « SUOMI FINLAND * * * », where the * stands for a lion head. |
Designer |
| Erja Tielinen |
| 2012 | |||||||||
| Suomen Rahapaja ( Vantaa ) | |||||||||
| Date | Volume | Issuing price | |||||||
| Circulation coins | 05.10.2012 | Rolls of 25 coins | 1.975.500 | 2,00 | € | ||||
| Divisional coin set BU | 05.10.2012 | Annual coin set II, contains instead of the 2 € circulation coin, 2€ CC «150th anniversary of the birth of the artist Helene Schjerfbeck» and 2€ CC «10 years of the Euro» | 10.000 | 29,00 | € | ||||
| Folder BU | 23.11.2015 | € 2 commemorative coin set in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2x 2007, 2008, 2x 2009, 2010, 2011, 2x 2012, 2x 2013, 2x 2014 (16 coins) | 1.500 | 140,00 | € | ||||
| Divisional coin set Proof | 05.10.2012 | also contains «150th anniversary of the birth of the artist Helene Schjerfbeck» and 2€ CC «10 years of the Euro» | 2.000 | 89,00 | € | ||||
| Box Proof | 05.10.2012 | In box | 11.000 | 24,00 | € | ||||
