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Description: The 2-euro commemorative coin is depicted with the year 1863 and a shoot growing out of it symbolising the start of democracy and Finland's development. In semicircle, at the bottom, the name of the issuing country 'SUOMI FINLAND' with the two words separated by the mint mark, and the year '2013'.
The 2 euro coin (€2) is the highest-value euro coin and has been used since the introduction of the euro (in its cash form) in 2002. [2] The coin is made of two alloys: the inner part of nickel brass, the outer part of copper-nickel. All coins have a common reverse side and country-specific national sides.
In Finland, the euro was introduced in 2002. However, the first sets of coins were minted, as preparation, in 1999. Hence the first euro coins of Finland have minted the year 1999 instead of 2002. Finnish euro coins dated 1999–2006 carry the mint mark M which is the initial of the mint master at the Mint of Finland, Raimo Makkonen.
Luxembourgish euro coins dated 2005–2006 were produced at Rahapaja Oy (Mint of Finland), in Helsinki-Vantaa, Finland. Since the mint director does not affix a mint master mark to coins in production at that location, these coins do not bear a mint master mark but an S [ 7 ] and the logo of the ' S uomen Rahapaja' instead.
FINLAND. Cinemagoing in 2024 was still below pre-COVID levels with 6.7 million admissions worth €89.5 million ($94 million), down 5.5% in ticket sales compared to 2023 and 20.7% under the 2015 ...
The Mint of Finland has produced the euro coins of Estonia, [2] Greece, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Cyprus and Republic of Ireland [3] as well as the coins of the Swedish crown since 2008, which ended the more than thousand-year-old minting tradition in Sweden. [4] Since 2017 it has also held the contract for minting coins of the Danish krone. [5] [6]
The bidding process of UEFA Euro 2024 ended on 27 September 2018 in Nyon, Switzerland, when Germany was announced to be the host. [1] Two bids came before the deadline, 3 March 2017, which were Germany and Turkey as single bids.
2 December – Two sections of a submarine communications cable running under the Baltic Sea between Finland and Sweden are cut in what Swedish authorities suspect as an act of sabotage, affecting about 6,000 households in Finland. [16] 19 December – A bus and a minivan carrying tourists collides near Rovaniemi, killing two people. [17]