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  • 5 Euro 2013, KM# 200, Finland, Republic, Provincial Buildings, Åland - Sälskär Lighthouse
  • 5 Euro 2013, KM# 200, Finland, Republic, Provincial Buildings, Åland - Sälskär Lighthouse
  • 5 Euro 2013, KM# 200, Finland, Republic, Provincial Buildings, Åland - Sälskär Lighthouse, Proof package
  • 5 Euro 2013, KM# 200, Finland, Republic, Provincial Buildings, Åland - Sälskär Lighthouse, Fold-out packaging
Description

The Provincial Buildings coin series celebrates buildings or structures relating to Finland’s historical provinces. Each of these landmarks describes in its own unique way Finnish culture, the spirit of the time and the people themselves. The ’Provincial Buildings’ coin series memorialises one building or structure from each of Finland’s historical provinces. These provinces are Åland, Finland Proper, Satakunta, Uusimaa, Karelia, Tavastia, Savonia, Ostrobothnia and Lapland.

Issue date: 07.05.2013

Obverse

Depicts Sälskär Lighthouse, country name in Finnish and Swedish below, engraver's initial (N) on the left.

Far out at sea, in the strait between Åland and Sweden, lies the Sälskär lighthouse. It was lit for the first time in 1868, when the island was inhabited by a lighthouse keeper and lighthouse guards with their families. The lighthouse, one of the most beautiful in the Baltic, illuminated the voyage of seafarers in the hard-to navigate strait through which people voyage to new adventures or return home.

Engraver: Petri Neuvonen

N
SUOMI
FINLAND

Reverse

Depicts the historic coat of arms of Åland, 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.

Åland is an autonomous and demilitarised region of Finland since 1920 by a decision of the League of Nations. It is the smallest region of Finland by area and population. Its only official language is Swedish and Mariehamn is the capital city.

The coat of arms of Åland features a golden red deer on a blue field. This is traditionally surmounted by a comital coronet of the elder Swedish style.

Engraver: Nora Tapper

2013
5 T
EURO

Edge

5 Euro

Provincial Buildings
Åland - Sälskär Lighthouse

Subscribe series
KM# 200 Schön# 187
Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Non-circulating)
Material Bi-Metallic
Ring Aluminium Bronze
Center Cupronickel
Weight 9.8 g
Diameter 27.25 mm
Thickness -
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Mint of Finland

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