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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 2007614, member: 39&quot;]<i>(Click the arrow above the quote arrow to see where it is from)</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, the Latvian &quot;special&quot; 1 lats coins are neat (see <a href="http://www.bank.lv/en/money/1-lats-ls-1-in-short" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bank.lv/en/money/1-lats-ls-1-in-short" rel="nofollow">here</a>, and I have most of them. The current circulating commems ... well, only one has been issued so far (the &quot;Riga&quot; €2 coin) but I like that one too.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now Finland has some great designs (<a href="http://img.ma-shops.com/duerr/pic/14664_20121208021_m.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://img.ma-shops.com/duerr/pic/14664_20121208021_m.jpg" rel="nofollow">this one</a> for example I have always found intriguing), but lately the mint seems to &quot;recycle&quot; its designs sometimes. Here is a collector coin (images from the mint) that was issued for the 200th anniversary of the central bank:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]360937[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Then they decided to issue a €2 commem on the same occasion. In my opinion the &quot;twoer&quot; looks OK too - but how are people (especially in the euro area outside Finland) supposed to know what it is about?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]360938[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This year the mint did something similar. They honored the designer Ilmari Tapiovaara by issuing this <a href="http://www.suomenrahapaja.fi/productresources/pic1_big/17752.png" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.suomenrahapaja.fi/productresources/pic1_big/17752.png" rel="nofollow">collector coin</a>, fine. The €2 commem looks</p><p><a href="http://www.suomenrahapaja.fi/productresources/pic1_big/17664.png" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.suomenrahapaja.fi/productresources/pic1_big/17664.png" rel="nofollow">like this</a>. I am not happy. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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