2013 Finland €5 Coin Issue "Provincial Buildings: Åland"

• Mint: Mint of Finland
• Denomination: €5
• Quality: Proof/BU
• Issue limit: 10,000/55,000
• Alloy: Base Metal, bi-metal
• Diameter: 27.25 mm
• Weight: 8.5 grams
• Design: Nora Tapper (reverse), Petri Neuvonen (obverse)
• Box/Capsule: Proof in box, UNC in capsule
• Certificate: Proof only

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This is the third issue in the bi-metallic series featuring buildings from all nine historical provinces of Finland, namely Åland, Tavastia, Karelia, Lapland, Ostrobothnia, Satakunta, Savo, Uusimaa and Finland Proper.

In the strait between Åland and Sweden, lies the Sälskär lighthouse. It was lit for the first time in 1868, when the island was inhabited by a lighthouse keeper and lighthouse guards with their families. The lighthouse, one of the most beautiful in the Baltic, illuminated the voyage of seafarers in the hard-tonavigate strait through which people voyage to new adventures or return home. The reverse features the historical province´s coat of arms and the face value, 5 EURO.