The Official Blister 2006 annual set "Bengtskar lighthouse" celebrates Finnish Lighthouses.The set contains the 2005-dated 2 euros commemorative coin for the 50th anniversary of Finland's membership in the United Nations, as well as 2 euros 2006 commemorative 2-euro coin celebrating the 60th anniversary of the organization itself.
Bengtskar is a skerry 25 kilometers southwest of Hanko, and part of the municipality of Dragsfjard. This rocky skerry is the southernmost inhabited place in Finland, and is reached by ferry from the village of Kasnas.
Finnish euro coins have three designs, though two of them are each found on one coin only. Heikki Haivaoja was the designer of the Finnish euro coins for the minor and middle series of coins. Pertti Makinen is the designer of the Finnish 1 euro coin and Raimo Heino is the designer of the Finnish 2 Euro coin. |