2020 Finland €20 Silver Proof Coin "Vainö Linna 100 Years"

• Mint: Mint of Finland
• Denomination: €20
• Issue limit: 1,920
• Alloy: 92.5% Sterling Silver
• Diameter: 38.6 mm
• Weight: 25.5 grams
• Design: Petri Neuvonen
• Holder/Capsule: Yes/Yes
• Certificate: Printed cardboard box

Additional Information

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Väinö Linna, one of Finland’s most prominent postwar authors, became known for his war novel Tuntematon soltilas (1954; The Unknown Soldier) and for the trilogy Täällä Pohjantähden alla (1959–62; Under the North Star).

His novel The Unknown Soldier was a depiction of the War of Continuation - and initially caused an uproar - only to become one of the most widely read novels in Finland. Its characters were for decades widely known by name, because they seemed to embody the archetypal qualities attributed to people from the country’s various provinces. Linna’s trilogy Here Beneath the North Star revised equally successfully Finns’ interpretation of the Civil War of 1918.