Finland Continued: http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/display.php?image=nmc11/68-154&desc=Finlandkm1542Euro(2010)150yrs.FinnishCurrency&query=Finland http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/display.php?image=nmc/68-5e03a&desc=Finlandkm1115Euro(2003)ChampionshipIceHockey&query=Finland http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/display.php?image=nmc10/z126&desc=Finlandkm1185Euro(2005)IAAFWorldAthleticsChampionships&query=Finland http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/display.php?image=nmc7/68-123&desc=Finlandkm1235Euro(2006)DemilitarizationofAland&query=Finland http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/display.php?image=img14/68-5e06eu&desc=Finlandkm1315Euro(2006)E.U.Presidency&query=Finland http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/display.php?image=nmc10/z128&desc=Finlandkm1355Euro(2007)90Years-Finland-sIndependence&query=Finland http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/display.php?image=nmc10/z122&desc=Finlandkm1415Euro(2008)100yrsFinnishAcademy&query=Finland http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/display.php?image=nmc/68-10e02a&desc=Finlandkm10810Euro(2002)EliasLonnrot&query=Finland http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/display.php?image=nmc/68-10e02b&desc=Finlandkm10710Euro(2002)OlympicGamesHelsinki&query=Finland http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/display.php?image=nmc/68-100e02a&desc=Finlandkm109100Euro(2002)MidnightSun&query=Finland France: http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/display.php?image=nmc/69-qe02a&desc=Francekm12931/4Euro(2002)Eurodesenfants&query=France http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/display.php?image=nmc/69-qe02b&desc=Francekm13001/4Euro(2002)AllezFrance&query=France http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/display.php?image=nmc/69-1_5e02a&desc=Francekm13011.5Euro(2002)EuropaSeries&query=France http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/display.php?image=nmc/69-1_5e02b&desc=Francekm13101.5Euro(2002)SpiritofSt.Louis&query=France http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/display.php?image=nmc/69-1_5e02c&desc=Francekm13071.5Euro(2002)Montmatre&query=France http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/display.php?image=nmc/69-1_5e02d&desc=Francekm13051.5Euro(2002)MontSt.Michel&query=France http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/display.php?image=nmc/69-1_5e02e&desc=Francekm13321.5Euro(2002)GavrocheLesMiserables&query=France http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/display.php?image=nmc/69-1_5e02f&desc=Francenew1.5Euro(2002)SnowwhiteFairytale&query=France http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/display.php?image=nmc/69-1_5e02g&desc=Francenew1.5Euro(2002)CinderellaFairytale&query=France http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/display.php?image=nmc/69-1_5e02h&desc=Francenew1.5Euro(2002)PinocchioFairytale&query=France http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/display.php?image=nmc/69-1_5e03a&desc=Francekm13381.5Euro(2003)EuropaSeries&query=France http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/display.php?image=nmc9/69-1321&desc=Francekm13211.5Euro(2003)TourdeFrance&query=France http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/display.php?image=nmc10/z582&desc=Francekm13221.5Euro(2003)GroupofcyclistsandArchdeTriumph-TourdeFrance100Years&query=France http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/display.php?image=nmc10/z583&desc=Francekm13231.5Euro(2003)Twocyclistsandspectators-TourdeFrance100Years&query=France http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/display.php?image=nmc10/z584&desc=Francekm13241.5Euro(2003)Twogroupofcyclists-TourdeFrance100Years&query=France http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/display.php?image=nmc10/z585&desc=Francekm13251.5Euro(2003)Cyclists,stopwatchandgears-TourdeFrance100Years&query=France http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/display.php?image=nmc/69-1_5e03c&desc=Francekm13611.5Euro(2003)ParisAthletics-Running&query=France http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/display.php?image=nmc/69-1_5e03d&desc=Francenew1.5Euro(2003)ParisAthletics-Jumping&query=France http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/display.php?image=nmc/69-1_5e03e&desc=Francekm13361.5Euro(2003)LouisianaPurchase&query=France End of Part Seven. Find Part Eight. Clinker
Finland has issued quite a few interesting coins. Collectors who prefer 19c or early 20c style design may not like them, and a few are too abstract for me too, but hardly any are boring. The "Olympic Games" coin (€10, 2002) you may find odd as there were no Olympics in Finland in that year. Well, the piece simply commemorates the 50th anniversary of the 1952 games. And the reverse of this coin shows the coin that Finland issued back then ... The French mint makes a plethora of collector coins - way too many if you ask me. In my euro catalog (paperback size, about 800 pages) France alone needs 136 pages ... Fortunately they also issue commemorative coins (€2 face value, legal tender throughout the euro area), one per year since 2007. I do have some of their collector coins but pretty much stopped getting them. Christian
