2 Euro Commemorative coins Finland 2022

100th anniversary of the Finnish National Ballet

The Obverse depicts an allegorical image representing the beauty of a dancer's movement. In the upper part are the mintmark and the initials 'FI' (identifying Finland), placed one below the other; while at the bottom, divided in two by the lower part of the image, the minting year is impressed in large letters. On the outer part 12 five-pointed stars, symbol of the European Union. The coin's Reverse is the new common side of Euro coins, with the face value '2' on the left and the European continent on the right, overlapped by the inscription 'EURO'. Six vertical lines with a star at each end are placed behind the Europe's image.
Edge: finely milled, with the inscription "SUOMI FINLAND" in incuse followed by three lion heads.
Diameter: 25,75 mm
Thickness: 2,20 mm
Weight: 8,5 g
Composition: bimetallic coin (outer part: copper-nickel, inner part: nickel-brass).

35 years of the Erasmus Programme

The Obverse depicts two key elements of the Erasmus programme, a European Union student mobility project aimed at university students. On the right is Erasmus of Rotterdam (Dutch humanist and philosopher), in one of his best-known portraits, after whom the programme was named because of his numerous journeys throughout Europe, with the aim of learning about its different cultures. The effigy of the theologian is superimposed on a net that crosses the coin from one point to the other, which is intended to represent the cultural and human exchanges between European students; on the left-hand side, thanks to a special type of graphics, the number '35' appears (to identify the 35th anniversary). Overlapping the portrait are the circular inscriptions '1987-2022', 'ERASMUS' and 'OHJELMA - PROGRAMMET' on three lines, while adjacent to the inner border, to the left of the inscription, is the mintmark. Above the philosopher's right hand are the author's initials 'J.J.' and immediately above them the initials 'FI' (identifying Finland). On the outer part 12 five-pointed stars, symbol of the European Union. The coin's Reverse is the new common side of Euro coins, with the face value '2' on the left and the European continent on the right, overlapped by the inscription 'EURO'. Six vertical lines with a star at each end are placed behind the Europe's image.
Edge: finely milled, with the inscription "SUOMI FINLAND" in incuse followed by three lion heads.
Diameter: 25,75 mm
Thickness: 2,20 mm
Weight: 8,5 g
Composition: bimetallic coin (outer part: copper-nickel, inner part: nickel-brass).

Climatology in Finland

The Obverse depicts a forest beard, a filamentous, highly branched lichen that grows mainly on the bark of the trunks and branches of various trees. Adjacent to the inner edge are two circular inscriptions bearing the phrase 'CLIMATE RESEARCH' in Finnish ('ILMASTOTUTKIMUS'), on the left, and in Swedish ('KLIMATFORSKNING'), on the right. The two inscriptions are separated, in the upper part, by the mintmark and, in the lower part, by the minting year followed by the initials 'FI' (identifying Finland). On the outer part 12 five-pointed stars, symbol of the European Union. The coin's Reverse is the new common side of Euro coins, with the face value '2' on the left and the European continent on the right, overlapped by the inscription 'EURO'. Six vertical lines with a star at each end are placed behind the Europe's image.
Edge: finely milled, with the inscription "SUOMI FINLAND" in incuse followed by three lion heads.
Diameter: 25,75 mm
Thickness: 2,20 mm
Weight: 8,5 g
Composition: bimetallic coin (outer part: copper-nickel, inner part: nickel-brass).