2013 Finland €5 Coin Issue - Provincial Buildings: Church of Saint Lawrence (Tavastia)

• 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

Additional Information

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This is the ninth 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.

The medieval stone Church of St. Lawrence in Janakkala was consecrated in 1520, but the people of Häme had been using the location for worship and gatherings for centuries before that. A clear sacrificial spring from pagan days still bubbles by the church hill.