2006 Coinage
| Finnish EU Presidency 2006 | ||||
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| Designer: Reijo Paavilainen | Mint: Mint of Finland Ltd. | |||
| Value: €5 | Alloy: Center: Cu (Copper) & Ni (Nickel) |
Quantity: 100,000 | Quality: BU | |
| Issued: 2006 | Diameter: 35.0 mm (1.38 in) | Weight: 18.7 g (0.66 oz; 0.60 ozt) | Market value: €13-€15 | |
| Finnish EU Presidency 2006 | ||||
| Designer: Reijo Paavilainen | Mint: Mint of Finland Ltd. | |||
| Value: €50 | Alloy: Center: Au 750 (Gold) |
Quantity: 8,000 | Quality: Proof | |
| Issued: 2006 | Diameter: 27.25 mm (1.07 in) | Weight: 12.8 g (0.45 oz; 0.41 ozt) | Market value: €295 | |
| These two coins feature a silver colored center and gold colored ring, made with two different materials giving them their respective values.
On the obverse, a negotiation table, symbolized by the rectangular eminence, depicts the Presidency. The vertical text SUOMI – FINLAND and the horizontal year date (2006), together form a stylized gavel can be seen. There are balloons on the sides, filled with compositions of letters. The uniqueness design of this coin is that the pictorial subject of the reverse imitates the theme of the obverse. The entire pattern is made up of letters. Looking carefully you see a human face and balloons as well. |
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| 150th Anniversary of Demilitarisation of Åland Islands | ||||
| Designer: Pertti Mäkinen | Mint: Mint of Finland Ltd. | |||
| Value: €5 | Alloy: Nordic Gold | Quantity: 55,000 | Quality: BU | |
| Issued: 2006 | Diameter: 35 mm (1.38 in) | Weight: 18.7 g (0.66 oz; 0.60 ozt) | Market value: €13-€15 | |
| The obverse depicts a pine tree, very typical in the Åland Islands. The reverse design features a boat's stern and rudder, with a dove perched on the tiller, a symbol of 150 years of peace.
An interesting characteristic of this coin is that the text "150 years" and "the demilitarisation of Åland" is written on the obverse of the coin in Swedish, and on the edge of the coin in Finnish. |
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| Johan Vilhelm Snellman | ||||
| Designer: Tapio Kettunen | Mint: Mint of Finland Ltd. | |||
| Value: €10 | Alloy: Ag 925 (Silver) | Quantity: 7,000 |
Quality: BU |
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| Issued: 2006 | Diameter: 38.6 mm (1.52 in) | Weight: 25.5 g (0.90 oz; 0.82 ozt) | Market value: €31-€35 |
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| Johan Vilhelm Snellman (12 May 1806 – 4 July 1881) was an influential Finnish philosopher, writer, journalist and statesman, who championed Finnish culture and developed the structures of the modern civic society. Apart from developing the national education system and the Finnish language, Snellman, in his capacity as Senator and head of the fiscal committee, also introduced a monetary reform that granted Finland a currency of its own, the Finnish markka, in 1865. For this achievement, there is a statue of J.V. Snellman in front of the Bank of Finland building in Helsinki.
The obverse depicts J.V. Snellman, It also depicts the logo of the Europe Coins Programme. The reverse design features represent the dawn of Finnish culture. |
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| 100th Anniversary of the Finnish Parliamentary | ||||
| Designer: Pertti Mäkinen | Mint: Mint of Finland Ltd. | |||
| Value: €10 | Alloy: Ag 925 (Silver) | Quantity: 10,000 |
Quality: BU |
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| Issued: 2006 | Diameter: 38.6 mm (1.52 in) | Weight: 25.5 g (0.90 oz; 0.82 ozt) | Market value: €28-€35 |
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| This issue celebrates the 100th Anniversary of the Finnish parliamentary reform that brought universal and equal suffrage to Finland as the first country in Europe.
The obverse shows the silhouette of a woman's and a man's hands, and below the hands ballots being inserted in a ballot-box. The Finnish word eduskuntauudistus (parliamentary reform) can be seen in this side of the coin. On the reverse, two stylized faces in the centre part, one male and the other female, separated by a thin curved line is depicted. They symbolize the equality of genders, as does the fact that the pictorial subjects on both sides are equal in respect to the centre of the coin. |
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