Obverse. Photo © NumisCorner.com
  • 5 Euro 2011, KM# 161, Finland, Republic, Historical Provinces, Tavastia
  • 5 Euro 2011, KM# 161, Finland, Republic, Historical Provinces, Tavastia
Description

Authorised by the Ministry of Finance, the Mint of Finland issued 2010-2011 a coin series inspired by Finland’s historical provinces. There are nine historical provinces: Åland, Tavastia, Karelia, Lapland, Ostrobothnia, Satakunta, Savonia, Uusimaa and Finland Proper. Administratively the historic provinces ceased to exist in 1634 when the country, then a part of Sweden, was divided into counties.

The reverse of each provincial coin features the historical province’s coat of arms. On the obverse of the coin is an image closely related to the culture of the province

Engraver: Nora Tapper

Obverse

Depicts the snare and bird's talons, a tradition of life out in the wild that goes back thousands of years. Snares like this were often made by twisting together horsetail hair and flax. At the hunter's belt would be a snare holster made from juniper with dozens of snares hanging from it, used to catch birds for the table.

Country name in Finnish and Swedish on the ring.

Reverse

Depicts the historic coat of arms of Tavastia, 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.

The coat of arms of Tavastia is a lynx, three mullets and four roses. Arms granted at the burial of Gustav I of Sweden in 1560 and crowned by a ducal coronet.

Design: Nora Tapper

2011
5 T
EURO

Edge

5 Euro

KM# 161 Schön# 159
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

Related coins

Satakunta

Historical Provinces

Bi-Metallic, 9.8 g, ⌀ 27.25 mm
Finland Proper

Historical Provinces

Bi-Metallic, 9.8 g, ⌀ 27.25 mm
Karelia

Historical Provinces

Bi-Metallic, 9.8 g, ⌀ 27.25 mm