Finnish Commemorative coins

2 euros - Sauna

A sauna is a small room or building designed as a place to experience dry or wet heat sessions, or an establishment with one or more of these facilities. The steam and high heat make the bathers perspire. Infrared therapy is often referred to as a type ... [ More ]

Krause - Mishler	N/A
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Year	Mintage	Price	Shop
2018	1,000,000 pieces	-	View

2 euros - Koli National Park

The coin is dedicated to the Koli National Park, a national park in the municipalities of Joensuu, Lieksa and Kontiolahti in the North Karelia region of Finland. It covers 30 square kilometres of forested hills on the western shore of Lake Pielinen, and ... [ More ]

Krause - Mishler	N/A
Other information	Designer: Erkki Vainio

Year	Mintage	Price	Shop
2018	1,000,000 pieces	-	View

2 euros - Finnish Nature

The coin commemorates the Finnish nature and wasn was chosen through a photo contest held in April 2017. The raven symbolises today's Finland, a familiar bird in forests and urban environments that easily adapts to new situations. The winning image is ... [ More ]

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Year	Mintage	Price	Shop
2017	483,000 pieces	-	View

2 euros - 100 years of Independence

The commemorative coin marks the 100th anniversarry of the Finnish indepenence. After the 1917 February Revolution, the position of Finland as part of the Russian Empire was questioned, mainly by Social Democrats. Since the head of state was the tsar ... [ More ]

Krause - Mishler	N/A
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Year	Mintage	Price	Shop
2017	2,500,000 pieces	-	View

2 euros - Eino Leino

The coin is dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the death of Eino Leino. Eino Leino was a Finnish poet and journalist and is considered one of the pioneers of Finnish poetry. His poems combine modern and Finnish folk elements. The style of much of his ... [ More ]

Krause - Mishler	N/A
Other information	Designer: Pertti Mäkinen

Year	Mintage	Price	Shop
2016	989,000 pieces	-	View

2 euros - Georg Henrik von Wright

The coin is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Georg Henrik von Wright. Georg Henrik von Wright was a Finnish philosopher, who succeeded Ludwig Wittgenstein as professor at the University of Cambridge. He published in English, Finnish, ... [ More ]

Krause - Mishler	N/A
Other information	Designer: Nora Tappe

Year	Mintage	Price	Shop
2016	989,000 pieces	€ 3.15	Buy

2 euros - 150th anniversary of the birth of Akseli Gallen-Kallela

The coin is dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865-1931). Akseli Gallen-Kallela, born with the name of Waldemar Axel Gallén, was a Finnish painter, best known for his illustrations of the Kalevala, the Finnish national ... [ More ]

Krause - Mishler	N/A
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Year	Mintage	Price	Shop
2015	489,000 pieces	-	View

2 euros - 150 Years since the Birth of Jean Sibelius

Jean Sibelius was a Finnish composer of the late Romantic period. His music played an important role in the formation of the Finnish national identity. His best-known compositions include Finlandia, the Karelia Suite, Valse triste, The Swan of Tuonela ... [ More ]

Krause - Mishler	N/A
Other information	Designer: Nora Tapper

Year	Mintage	Price	Shop
2015	9,890,000 pieces	-	View

2 euros - 30th anniversary of the EU flag

In July 2015, the 19 euro-area countries jointly issued a commemorative euro coin celebrating 30 years of the EU flag. Regardless of the country, it bears the same design on the national side, normally reserved for a motif specific to that country. This ... [ More ]

Krause - Mishler	N/A
Other information	Designer: Georgios Stamatopoulos

Year	Mintage	Price	Shop
2015	489,000 pieces	-	View

2 euros - 100 Years since the Birth of Tove Jansson

Tove Marika Jansson was a Swedish-speaking Finnish novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author. For her contribution as a children's writer she received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1966. Jansson is best known as the author of the Moomin ... [ More ]

Krause - Mishler	#194
Other information	Designer: Jari Lepisto - Issue date: 16 June 2014

Year	Mintage	Price	Shop
2014	1,489,000 pieces	-	View

2 euros - Ilmari Tapiovaara

Born in 1914 in Hämeenlinna (Finland), Ilmari Tapiovaara (1914-1999) studied at the School of Applied Arts in Helsinki, where he came into contact with functionalism, furniture designs of Alvar Aalto and the Modern Movement. He ranks amongst the most ... [ More ]

Krause - Mishler	N/A
Other information	Designer: Harri Koskinen

Year	Mintage	Price	Shop
2014	989,000 pieces	-	View

2 euros - 125th Anniversary of the birth of F.E.Sillanpaa

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 ... [ More ]

Krause - Mishler	#193
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Year	Mintage	Price	Shop
2013	1,500,000 pieces	-	View

2 euros - The Diet of 1863

The coin celebrates the 150th Anniversary of Parliament of 1863, when regular Parliament sessions started in Finland. The Eduskunta is the parliament of Finland. The unicameral parliament has 200 members and meets in the Parliament House in Helsinki. ... [ More ]

Krause - Mishler	#190
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Year	Mintage	Price	Shop
2013	1,000,000 pieces	-	View

2 euros - 150th anniversary of birth of Helene Schjerfbeck

Helene Schjerfbeck was a Finnish painter. She is most widely known for her realist works and self-portraits, and less well known for her landscapes and still lifes. Throughout her long life, her work changed dramatically. Her work starts with a dazzlingly ... [ More ]

Krause - Mishler	#182
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Year	Mintage	Price	Shop
2012	1,000,000 pieces	-	View

2 euros - 10 years of euro banknotes and coins

On 1 January 2002, euro banknotes and coins were introduced in 12 Member States of the European Union. The introduction of the euro cash was an unprecedented challenge, but it went smoothly, and billions of banknotes and coins started to circulate in ... [ More ]

Krause - Mishler	#178
Other information	Designer: Helmut Andexlinger

Year	Mintage	Price	Shop
2012	1,500,000 pieces	-	View

2 euros - 200th Anniversary of the Bank of Finland

The Bank of Finland (Suomen Pankki) is the central bank of Finland and the fourth oldest central bank in the world. It was established on 1 March in 1812 in the city of Turku by Alexander I of Russia and in 1819 it was relocated to Helsinki. The Bank ... [ More ]

Krause - Mishler	#163
Other information	Designer: Hannu Veijalainen

Year	Mintage	Price	Shop
2011	1,600,000 pieces	-	View

2 euros - Currency Decree of 1860

The Currency Decree of 1860 granted Finland the right to issue banknotes and coins. The Finnish markka was the currency of Finland from 1860 until 28 February 2002, when it ceased to be legal tender. The markka was replaced by the euro (€), which ... [ More ]

Krause - Mishler	#154
Other information	Designer: Reijo Paavilainen

Year	Mintage	Price	Shop
2010	1,560,000 pieces	-	View

2 euros - 10th anniversary of the EMU and the birth of the euro

A first attempt to create an economic and monetary union between the members of the European Communities goes back to an initiative by the European Commission in 1969. However, the introduction of the euro started principally on 31 December 1998, when ... [ More ]

Krause - Mishler	#144
Other information	Designer: Georgios Stamatopoulos Legend: SUOMI·FINLAND 2009 EMU (Economic and Monetary Union)

Year	Mintage	Price	Shop
2009	1,400,000 pieces	-	View

2 euros - 200th Anniversary of Finnish Autonomy

During the Finnish War between Sweden and Russia, the four Estates of occupied Finland were assembled at the Diet of Porvoo on March 29, 1809 to pledge allegiance to Alexander I of Russia. Following the Swedish defeat in the war and the signing of the ... [ More ]

Krause - Mishler	#149
Other information	Designer: Reijo Paavilainen

Year	Mintage	Price	Shop
2009	1,600,000 pieces	-	View

2 euros - 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

On 10 December 2007, Human Rights Day, the Secretary-General and High Commissioner for Human Rights launched a year-long celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The coin shows a human figure seen through a heart-shaped ... [ More ]

Krause - Mishler	#143
Other information	Designer: Tapio Kettunen

Year	Mintage	Price	Shop
2008	1,477,500 pieces	-	View

2 euros - 90th anniversary of Finland's independence

The Finnish declaration of independence was adopted by the Parliament of Finland on 6 December 1917. It declared Finland an independent and sovereign nation state rather than an autonomous Russian Grand duchy. The coin shows nine people rowing a boat ... [ More ]

Krause - Mishler	#139
Other information	Designer: Reijo Paavilainen

Year	Mintage	Price	Shop
2007	1,980,000 pieces	-	View

2 euros - 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome

The Treaty of Rome established the European Economic Community and ultimately led to the introduction of the euro in 1999 and the euro banknotes and coins in 2002. The anniversary was celebrated on 25 March 2007 and the euro area countries have marked ... [ More ]

Krause - Mishler	#138
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Year	Mintage	Price	Shop
2007	1,377,500 pieces	-	View

2 euros - 100th anniversary of universal and equal suffrage

Universal and equal suffrage was established in Finland a century ago, coinciding with the parliament reform of 1906. At the time, all Finnish citizens got the right to vote in elections, regardless of sex, means or ethnic background The inner part of ... [ More ]

Krause - Mishler	#125
Other information	Designer: Pertti Makinen

Year	Mintage	Price	Shop
2006	2,500,000 pieces	-	View

2 euros - 60th anniversary of the United Nations

60th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations and 50th anniversary of Finland’s membership therein. Depicted in the centre of the coin are parts of a jigsaw puzzle showing a dove of peace. Below the image of the dove, inscribed along the ... [ More ]

Krause - Mishler	#119
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Year	Mintage	Price	Shop
2005	2,000,000 pieces	-	View

2 euros - Enlargement of the European Union

The 2004 enlargement of the European Union was the largest single expansion of the European Union (EU), both in terms of territory, number of states and population. The simultaneous accessions concerned the following countries: Cyprus, Czech Republic, ... [ More ]

Krause - Mishler	#114
Other information	Designer: Heikki Haivaoja

Year	Mintage	Price	Shop
2004	995,000 pieces	-	View