Finland 2 euros 2013 - 125th Anniversary of the birth of F.E.Sillanpaa (Colored)

Obverse of Finland 2 euros 2013 - 125th Anniversary of the birth of F.E.Sillanpaa
Krause - Mishler KM# 193
Details The coin commemorates the 125th Anniversary of the birth of Nobel prize winning author Frans Eemil Sillanpää.

He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1939 "for his deep understanding of his country's peasantry and the exquisite art with which he has portrayed their way of life and their relationship with Nature."

The asteroid 1446 Sillanpää, discovered by the renowned Finnish astronomer and physicist Yrjö Väisälä, was named after him.

Issue date: November 2013
Specifications Diameter - 25.75mm Thickness - 2.2mm Weight - 8.5gr
Composition BiAlloy (Nk/Ng), ring Cupronickel (75% copper - 25% nickel clad on nickel core), center Nickel brass
Edge SUOMI FINLAND, followed by three lion heads
Comments This coin has been artificially colorized

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