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

• 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 eighth 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.

Houses in Ostrobothnia were traditionally erected to an imposing height and painted red. A family's house was modified according to their situation, with extensions and new rooms being added as the family grew. Ostrobothnian houses are considered to represent the pinnacle of folk architecture, and some even see classical and renaissance influences in them.