Depicts a lily of the valley, the state name in two official languages (Finnish on top and Swedish below), date below.

Initial of the Mint of Finland's director (M, Raimo Tapio Makkonen, 1987–2008) below.

Lily of the valley, sometimes written lily-of-the-valley, scientific name Convallaria majalis, is a sweetly scented, highly poisonous woodland flowering plant that is native throughout the cool temperate Northern Hemisphere in Asia, and Europe. Lily of the valley became the national flower of Finland in 1967.

Depicts honeycombs and value in Finnish (on top) and Swedish (below).

A honeycomb is a mass of hexagonal prismatic wax cells built by honey bees in their nests to contain their larvae and stores of honey and pollen.