Finnish colored coins

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 ...

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

Year	Mintage	Price	Shop
Type A - 2015	Unknown	-	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 ...

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

Year	Mintage	Price	Shop
Type A - 2014	Unknown	€ 13.20	Buy

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 ...

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

Year	Mintage	Price	Shop
Type A - 2014	Unknown	€ 13.20	Buy

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 ...

Krause - Mishler	#193
Other information	N/A

Year	Mintage	Price	Shop
Type A - 2013	Unknown	€ 13.20	Buy

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. ...

Krause - Mishler	#190
Other information	N/A

Year	Mintage	Price	Shop
Type A - 2013	Unknown	€ 14.30	Buy

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 ...

Krause - Mishler	#182
Other information	N/A

Year	Mintage	Price	Shop
Type A - 2012	Unknown	€ 13.20	Buy

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 ...

Krause - Mishler	#178
Other information	Designer: Helmut Andexlinger

Year	Mintage	Price	Shop
Type A - 2012	Unknown	-	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 ...

Krause - Mishler	#163
Other information	Designer: Hannu Veijalainen

Year	Mintage	Price	Shop
Type A - 2011	Unknown	-	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 ...

Krause - Mishler	#154
Other information	Designer: Reijo Paavilainen

Year	Mintage	Price	Shop
Type A - 2010	Unknown	-	View
Type B - 2010	Unknown	-	View