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Description
Elias Lönnrot (1802– 1884) was a Finnish physician, philologist and collector of traditional Finnish oral poetry. He is best known for creating the Finnish national epic, Kalevala, (1835, enlarged 1849), from short ballads and lyric poems gathered from the Finnish oral tradition during several expeditions in Finland, Russian Karelia, the Kola Peninsula and Baltic countries.
Designer: Pertti Mäkinen
Obverse
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Depicts a quill (as a symbol of an author) and Elias Lönnrot's signature, the inscription "Folk Poetry" in Finnish above, dates of his life below. Engraver's initial (M) on the top right. KANSANRUNOUS |
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Reverse
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Depicts a ribbon in the centre containing 12 stars with the date to the left and the denomination to the right. Country name in Finnish and Swedish, the privy mark (M) of the Mint of Finland’s President and CEO Raimo Makkonen below. 2002 |
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10 Euro
200th Anniversary of Birth of Elias Lönnrot
KM# 108 Schön# 107
200th Anniversary of Birth of Elias Lönnrot
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