Obverse. Photo © NumisCorner.com
  • 5 Euro 2013, KM# 197, Finland, Republic, Provincial Buildings, Tavastia - Church of Saint Lawrence
  • 5 Euro 2013, KM# 197, Finland, Republic, Provincial Buildings, Tavastia - Church of Saint Lawrence
  • 5 Euro 2013, KM# 197, Finland, Republic, Provincial Buildings, Tavastia - Church of Saint Lawrence, Proof package
  • 5 Euro 2013, KM# 197, Finland, Republic, Provincial Buildings, Tavastia - Church of Saint Lawrence, 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: 21.10.2013

Obverse

Depicts the Church of Saint Lawrence in Janakkala, country name in Finnish and Swedish above, engraver's initial (N) on the right.

The medieval stone Church of St. Lawrence (St Lauri) in Janakkala was consecrated in 1520, but the people of Tavastia had been using the location for worship and gatherings for centuries before that. A clear sacrificial spring from pagan days still bubbles by the church hill.

Engraver: Petri Neuvonen

SUOMI
FINLAND
N

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

2013
5 T
EURO

Edge

5 Euro

Provincial Buildings
Tavastia - Church of Saint Lawrence

Subscribe series
KM# 197 Schön# 192
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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