50 euro cent FINLAND (from 2007)

in the coin centre lion - Finnish Coat of Arms; on the left year of issue; below lion's back leg: FI (code for Finland in the ISO 3166-2 standard); at the edge a ring of twelve five-pointed stars - symbol of the European Union

right from the coin centre face value 50, below in two lines: EURO / CENT; on the left a map of Europe; in the background of the map vertically six parallel lines ending on both sides with five-pointed stars (the reverse is common for all euro coins)

reeded

1 I 2007

still in circulation

Heikki Hälväoja, Luc Luycx (initials LL after 50 on the reverse)

Rahapaja Oy (The Mint) (name until 2010)

Suomen Rahapaja Oy (The Mint of Finland) (name from 2010), Vantaa (mint mark - cornucopia - before year of issue on the obverse in 2007 or - cornucopia - below sabre grip of the Coat of arms on the obverse in years 2008-2010, or - lion in a disk - behind lion's back leg on the obverse from 2011)

2007	917 000		+ 80 500 in annual boxed sets
2008	7 936 500		+ 61 000 in annual boxed sets
2009	6 936 500		+ 61 000 in annual boxed sets
2010	738 000		+ 53 000 in annual boxed sets
2011	3 755 000		+ 43 000 in annual boxed sets
2012	4 724 000		+ 53 000 in annual boxed sets
2013	328 500		+ 69 700 in annual boxed sets
2014	149 100		+ 49 700 in annual boxed sets

In 2007, together with the European change of reverses of coins with denominations 10 euro cent and higher, Finland complied with the European Commission's Directive on the obligation to sign obverses with the name of the issuing country. Finland has decided to place on obverses the country code in ISO 3166-2 standard - letters "FI".

In 2010 the mint in Vantaa changed its name from "Rahapaja Oy" (The Mint) to "Suomen Rahapaja Oy" (The Mint of Finland) and the logo with coins falling from cornucopia was replaced with a heraldic Finnish lion in a disk. The new mint mark was placed for the first time on the commemorative coin of 2 euro commemorating 150 years of Finnish currency. On other coins the new logo appeared from 2011.