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Description
By decree of the Ministry of Finance, Mint of Finland issued EUR 10 and EUR 20 collector coins to mark the bi-centenary on 14 January 2018 of the birth Zacharias Topelius.
Zacharias Topelius (1818-1898) is still remembered today as a master storyteller and as a lyricist of best-loved Christmas carols. Topelius was not only a distinguished novelist and poet but also a journalist, historian and rector of the University of Helsinki. Topelius wrote insightful interpretations of social phenomena and structures, as seen for example in Välskärin kertomuksia (Tales of a Barber-Surgeon), one of his best-known novels.
The EUR 20 commemorative coins are individually packaged in plastic casings set in a birch veneer frame crafted by Finnish carpenter Wooden Oy. The frame is surrounded by a ribbon and the package contains a certificate of authenticity telling the story behind the collector coin.
The numbered coins are packaged in a protective clear capsule in a glass case that displays the beautiful commemorative coin brilliantly. A certificate of authenticity containing the commemorative coin’s technical specifications is also included in the package. The number of the commemorative coin is stamped on the coin's reverse.
The commemorative coin has been granted the Key Flag Label of the Association for Finnish Work.
Designer: Erja Tielinen
Issue date: 12.01.2018
Obverse
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Depicts a reference to Topelius’s The Birch and the Star (Koivu ja tähti, 1893) fairytale. SUOMI FINLAND |
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Reverse
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Depicts an image of Topelius and the sparrows in his tales. ZACHARIAS TOPELLIIUS 1818-1898 |
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