Obverse. Photo © NumisCorner.com
  • 5 Euro 2010, KM# 156, Finland, Republic, Historical Provinces, Satakunta
  • 5 Euro 2010, KM# 156, Finland, Republic, Historical Provinces, Satakunta
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

Satakunta provincial coin is the second coin issued in the series.

Engraver: Nora Tapper

Obverse

Depicts the bobbin lace. Country name in Finnish and Swedish on the ring.

The tradition of high-quality bobbin lace goes back hundreds of years in Satakunta. Bobbin lace is a lace textile made by braiding and twisting lengths of thread, which are wound on bobbins to manage them. As the work progresses, the weaving is held in place with pins set in a lace pillow, the placement of the pins usually determined by a pattern or pricking pinned on the pillow.

SUOMI
FINLAND

Reverse

Depicts the historic coat of arms of Satakunta, 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.

Historical Satakunta is situated on the areas of modern provinces of Satakunta and the most of Pirkanmaa, also little areas of Central Finland and Southern Ostrobothnia. The name of the region literally means Hundred. The coat of arms is a bear holding in both paws a sword crowned by a ducal coronet.

2010
5 T
EURO

Edge

5 Euro

KM# 156 Schön# 158
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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