2 Euro overview
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Finland |
2018Commemorative coinFinnish sauna culture |
Official Journal of the European Union |
The design shows a Finnish landscape with a typical Finnish lakeside sauna placed in the centre. The year of issuance ‘2018’ is placed at the centre bottom. The indication of the issuing country ‘FI’ is at the centre left and the mint mark at the centre right. The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag. |
| © European Union, 1998-2025, Official Journal of the European Union, 2018/C 133/05 |
Additional information |
The coin shows in the foreground a sauna log cabin located between an aspen (left) and a bog birch (right) on a lake, with smoke rising from its chimney. Small offshore islands and the other side of the lake are covered with mixed forest. In the background two more columns of smoke are evidence of the private saunas popular in Finland. |
| (Translation of the excerpt from de.Wikipedia „2-Euro-Gedenkmünzen#Jahrgang 2018“) |
Edge lettering |
| « SUOMI FINLAND * * * », where the * stands for a lion head. |
Designer |
| Erkki Vainio |
| 2018 | |||||||||
| Suomen Rahapaja ( Vantaa ) | |||||||||
| Date | Volume | Issuing price | |||||||
| Circulation coins | 22.10.2018 | Rolls of 25 coins | 984.000 | 2,00 | € | ||||
| Divisional coin set BU | 05.11.2018 | Annual coin set II, contains instead of the 2 € circulation coin, 2€ CC «Finnish national landscape Koli» and 2€ CC «Finnish sauna culture» | 5.000 | 29,60 | € | ||||
| Divisional coin set Proof | 05.11.2018 | In wooden box, also contains 2€ CC «Finnish national landscape Koli» and 2€ CC «Finnish sauna culture» | 1.000 | 93,80 | € | ||||
| Capsule Proof | 22.10.2018 | In box | 10.000 | 24,50 | € | ||||
