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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.
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.
The euro came into existence on 1 January 1999. [2] It had been a goal of the European Union (EU) and its predecessors since the 1960s. [2] The Maastricht Treaty entered into force in 1993 with the goal of creating economic and monetary union by 1999 for all EU states except the United Kingdom and Denmark (even though Denmark has a fixed exchange rate policy with the euro).
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This issue also celebrates the 90th anniversary of independence in Finland. The 100 euro coin is festive in its expression and its obverse illustrates Finland and the years of independence. The purely abstract composition on the reverse is very rare in Finnish collector coins. [23] Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld and Northeast Passage [3]
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.
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]