5 euro cent FINLAND (1999-2006)

in the coin centre lion - Finnish Coat of Arms; on the left year of issue; at the edge a ring of twelve five-pointed stars - symbol of the European Union

left from the coin centre face value 5, on the top right in two lines: EURO / CENT; below the globe with a view to Europe; in the background diagonally six parallel lines ending on both sides with five-pointed stars (the reverse is common for all euro coins)

plain

1 I 2002

still in circulation

Heikki Hälväoja, Luc Luycx (initials LL right from the globe on the reverse)

Rahapaja Oy (The Mint), Vantaa (below sabre grip of the Coat of arms on the obverse initial M of the mint director Makkonen)

1999	63 290 000	M	+ 75 000 in annual boxed sets
2000	56 570 000	M	+ 75 000 in annual boxed sets
2001	213 666 000	M	+ 75 000 in annual boxed sets
2002	101 677 000	M	+ 134 000 in annual boxed sets
2003	543 500	M	+ 232 000 in annual boxed sets
2004	506 000	M	+ 118 000 in annual boxed sets
2005	719 500	M	+ 76 000 in annual boxed sets
2006	924 400	M	+ 74 306 in annual boxed sets

On Finnish coins produced after 1945 the following initials of directors of the Finnish Mint can be found:

• S - Isak Gustaf Sundell (in years 1912 - 1947)

• L - Vesa Uolevi Liuhto (1948)

• H - Peippo Uolevi Helle (1948 - 1958)

• S - Allan Alarik Soiniemi (1958 - 1975)

• K - Timo Kauko Koivuranta (1976 -1983)

• N - Reino Tapio Nevalainen (1983 - 1987)

• M - Reino Tapio Makkonen (1987 - 2006)