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  • 5 Euro 2012, KM# 191, Finland, Republic, Provincial Buildings, Uusimaa - Helsinki and Uspenski Cathedrals
  • 5 Euro 2012, KM# 191, Finland, Republic, Provincial Buildings, Uusimaa - Helsinki and Uspenski Cathedrals
  • 5 Euro 2012, KM# 191, Finland, Republic, Provincial Buildings, Uusimaa - Helsinki and Uspenski Cathedrals, Proof package front
  • 5 Euro 2012, KM# 191, Finland, Republic, Provincial Buildings, Uusimaa - Helsinki and Uspenski Cathedrals, 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: 13.12.2012

Obverse

Depicted domes of Helsinki Cathedral (right) and Uspenski Cathedral (left), country name in Finnish and Swedish above, engraver's initial (N) below.

Helsinki Cathedral and Uspenski Cathedral form an enduring part of the Helsinki skyline. The neoclassical Cathedral and Uspenski Cathedral, which represents the Byzantine-Russian architectural tradition, also communicate Helsinki’s role as a gateway between East and West. In Helsinki, sophisticated Nordic unpretentiousness is flavoured with the opulence and colourfulness of the East, making the city’s architecture unique by world standards.

Helsinki Cathedral (Finnish: Helsingin tuomiokirkko, Suurkirkko; Swedish: Helsingfors domkyrka, Storkyrkan) is the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran cathedral of the Diocese of Helsinki, located in the neighborhood of Kruununhaka in the centre of Helsinki at the Senate Square. The church was originally built from 1830–1852 as a tribute to the Grand Duke of Finland, Tsar Nicholas I of Russia.

Uspenski Cathedral (Finnish: Uspenskin katedraali, Swedish: Uspenskijkatedralen, Russian: Успенский собор, Uspenskij sobor) is an Eastern Orthodox cathedral in Helsinki, Finland, and main cathedral of the Orthodox Church of Finland, dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos (the Virgin Mary). Its name comes from the Old Church Slavonic word uspenie, which denotes the Dormition.

Engraver: Petri Neuvonen

SUOMI
FINLAND
N

Reverse

Depicts Uusimaa coat of arms based on Ahti Hammar's 1962 model. The engraver's initial (T) and logo of the Mint of Finland (lion) on the right. Date above. Value on the left and below.

Uusimaa (lit. 'new land') is a region of Finland. It borders the regions of Southwest Finland, Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme), Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme), and Kymenlaakso. Finland's capital and largest city, Helsinki, along with the surrounding Greater Helsinki area, are both contained in the region, and Uusimaa is Finland's most populous region.

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 coat of arms of the region shows a yellow boat which is a symbol for the coastal areas, and two silver streams which are the symbol for rivers.

Engraver: Nora Tapper

2012
5 T
EURO

Edge

5 Euro

Provincial Buildings
Uusimaa - Helsinki and Uspenski Cathedrals

Subscribe series
KM# 191 Schön# 185
Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Non-circulating)
Material Bi-Metallic
Ring Aluminium Bronze
Center Cupronickel
Weight 9.8 g
Diameter 27.25 mm
Thickness 2.35 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Mint of Finland

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