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Description
By decision of the Ministry of Finance, Mint of Finland has issued a 10 euro silver commemoractive coin in honour of the 90th anniversary of the birth of artist, author and cartoonist, Tove Jansson (1914-2001).
Tove Marika Jansson (1914–2001) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author. For her contribution as a children's writer she received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1966.
Jansson is best known as the author of the Moomin books for children. The first such book, The Moomins and the Great Flood, appeared in 1945, though it was the next two books, Comet in Moominland and Finn Family Moomintroll, published in 1946 and 1948 respectively, that brought her fame.
Jansson's books, originally written in Swedish, have been translated into 45 languages. After the Kalevala and books by Mika Waltari, they are the most widely translated works of Finnish literature.
Designer: Pertti Kalervo Mäkinen
Obverse
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Depicts a portrait of Tove Jansson surrounded by a horizon, an artist's palette, a crescent and a sailboat. Tove Jansson 1914-2001 |
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Reverse
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Depicts three of the famous Moomin characters (two Moomins and Mymble) surrounded by the the nominal value, country name in Finnish and Swedish, issuing year and the initials of the designer Pertti Kalervo Mäkinen (M) and Mint of Finland’s President and CEO Raimo Makkonen (M). SUOMI FINLAND 2004 M 10€ M |
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10 Euro
90th Anniversary of Birth of Tove Jansson
KM# 116 Schön# 116
90th Anniversary of Birth of Tove Jansson
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