Depicts a stoat. Country name in Finnish and Swedish above. Engraver's initial (e) below.

Quick as a stoat is a familiar phrase to many Finnish people. The stoat, a small member of the weasel family, is lightning fast when threatened. Stoats usually make their nests below ground or in piles of rocks. Come winter, the stoat changes colour from brown to snow-white. Only the tip of the animal's tail stays black. As the emblematic animal of Ostrobothnia, the stoat reminds us of the ancient livelihood of trapping.

Design: Erkki Vainio

Depicts the historic coat of arms of Ostrobothnia, a region of Finland surrounded by the value and the date above. Engraver's initial (T) and the mint's logo (lion) on the right.

Ostrobothnia (Swedish: Österbotten (literally "Eastern Bottom"), Finnish: Pohjanmaa (literally "Bottom (low) lands" or alternatively "Northland")) is a historical province comprising a large western and northern part of modern Finland. During the time of the historic provinces, Ostrobothnia covered much of what is now Southern Ostrobothnia, Central Ostrobothnia, Northern Ostrobothnia and Southern Lapland.

The coat of arms is crowned by a count's coronet, though in Finnish tradition it more closely resembles a Swedish baron's coronet. The blazon is azure, with six ermines (stoats) courant argent, tail-tips sable.

Engraver: Nora Tapper