The euro (EUR or €) is the common currency for 12 member states of the European Union (the Eurozone), including Finland. The euro coins have two different sides; one common, European side showing the value of the coin and one national side featuring a design chosen by the EU member state where the coin was minted. Each member state has one or more designs unique to that country.
For images of the common side and a detailed description of the coins, see Euro coins.
Finnish euro coins have three designs, though two of them are each found on one coin only. The design for the minor and middle series of coins is by Heikki Häiväoja, the design for the 1 euro coin was done by Pertti Mäkinen and the national side of the 2 euro coin is by the hand of Raimo Heino. All designs feature the 12 stars of the EU and the year of imprint.
€ 0.01 and € 0.02 coins are not used in Finland; only few were minted, for collectors. Sums are rounded to the nearest € 0.05; hence sums ending in € 0.01, € 0.02, € 0.06 or € 0.07 are rounded down, and those ending in € 0.03, € 0.04, € 0.08 or € 0.09 are rounded up. The rounding is applied to the grand total only, while individual prices are still shown and summed up with € 0.01 precision.
Depiction of Finnish euro coinage | Obverse side
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| € 0.02
| € 0.05
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| The heraldic lion of Finland once found on the markka.
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| € 0.10
| € 0.20
| € 0.50
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| The heraldic lion of Finland once found on the markka.
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| € 1.00
| € 2.00
| € 2.00 commemorative
(EU enlargement)
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Two swans flying over a
Finnish landscape |
The fruit and leaves of
the cloudberry |
Column capital with a ten-leafed
plant growing out of it to fill
the centre of the coin
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The edge lettering features SUOMI FINLAND and three lion's heads (SUOMI means Finland in Finnish, and FINLAND means Finland in Swedish, the two official languages in Finland)
The special € 2 coin commemorates the admission of 10 new states into the EU.
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Last updated: 07-29-2005 20:47:15
