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  • 5 Euro 2013, KM# 205, Finland, Republic, Provincial Buildings, Ostrobothnia
  • 5 Euro 2013, KM# 205, Finland, Republic, Provincial Buildings, Ostrobothnia
  • 5 Euro 2013, KM# 205, Finland, Republic, Provincial Buildings, Ostrobothnia, Proof package
  • 5 Euro 2013, KM# 205, Finland, Republic, Provincial Buildings, Ostrobothnia, 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

Depicted houses in Ostrobothnia, country name in Finnish and Swedish above, engraver's initial (N) above.

Houses in Ostrobothnia were traditionally erected to an imposing height and painted red. A family's house was modified according to their situation, with extensions and new rooms being added as the family grew. Ostrobothnian houses are considered to represent the pinnacle of folk architecture, and some even see classical and renaissance influences in them.

Engraver: Petri Neuvonen

N
SUOMI FINLAND

Reverse

Depicts the historic coat of arms of Ostrobothnia, 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.

Ostrobothnia (Swedish: Österbotten (literally "Eastern Bottom"), Finnish: Pohjanmaa (literally "Bottom (low) lands" or alternatively "Northland")) is a historical province comprising a large western and northern part of modern Finland. During the time of the historic provinces, Ostrobothnia covered much of what is now Southern Ostrobothnia, Central Ostrobothnia, Northern Ostrobothnia and Southern Lapland.

The coat of arms is crowned by a count's coronet, though in Finnish tradition it more closely resembles a Swedish baron's coronet. The blazon is azure, with six ermines (stoats) courant argent, tail-tips sable.

Engraver: Nora Tapper

2013
5 T
EURO

Edge

5 Euro

KM# 205 Schön# 193
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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