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  • 5 Euro 2017, KM# 256, Finland, Republic, Presidents of Finland, Juho Kusti Paasikivi
  • 5 Euro 2017, KM# 256, Finland, Republic, Presidents of Finland, Juho Kusti Paasikivi
  • 5 Euro 2017, KM# 256, Finland, Republic, Presidents of Finland, Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Paper coin envelope (front)
  • 5 Euro 2017, KM# 256, Finland, Republic, Presidents of Finland, Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Paper coin envelope (inside)
  • 5 Euro 2017, KM# 256, Finland, Republic, Presidents of Finland, Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Cardboard coin box
Description

By decision of the Ministry of Finance, Mint of Finland in 2016–2017 released a series of base metal collector coins with a nominal value of EUR 5. The collector coins of the Presidents of Finland series featured in the Finland 100 programme celebrating the centennial of Finland's independence. A total of eight coins paying tribute to the presidents of Finland, with the coins of K.J. Ståhlberg, L.K. Relander, P.E. Svinhufvud, Kyösti Kallio, Risto Ryti, C.G.E. Mannerheim, J.K. Paasikivi and U.K. Kekkonen. The collector coins are designed by Tero Lounas.

The seventh Presidents of Finland coin, paying tribute to President Juho Kusti Paasikivi. There are two variations of packing: a paper coin envelope or cardboard coin box.

Issue date: 14.08.2017

Obverse

Bears the portrait of Juho Kusti Paasikivi.

Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1870–1956) was the seventh President of Finland (1946–1956). Representing the Finnish Party and the National Coalition Party, he also served as Prime Minister of Finland (1918 and 1944–1946), and was an influential figure in Finnish economics and politics for over fifty years. He is remembered as a main architect of Finland's foreign policy after the Second World War.

As President, Paasikivi kept the foreign relations of Finland in the foreground, trying to ensure a stable peace and wider freedom of action for Finland. Paasikivi concluded that, all the fine rhetoric aside, Finland had to adapt to superpower politics and sign treaties with the Soviet Union to avoid a worse fate. Thus he managed to stabilize Finland's position. This "Paasikivi doctrine" was adhered to for decades, and was named Finlandization in the 1970s.

JUHO KUSTI PAASIKIVI 1870-1956

Reverse

Features a landscape of Finnish fields, framing an open book depicting a constructed urban environment.

Inscriptions include the state name in two national languages – Finnish (Suomi) and Swedish (Finland), designer's initial (L) and the Mint of Finland’s company mark (the Lion logo). Denomination below.

SUOMI L FINLAND 2017
5 EURO

Edge
Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Non-circulating)
Material Bi-Metallic
Ring Cupronickel
Center Copper Aluminum Nickel
Weight 9.8 g
Diameter 27.25 mm
Thickness 2.3 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Mint of Finland

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