2 euro FINLAND (2009) 10th Anniversary of Economic and Monetary Union

in the coin centre an irregular stylised planchet of an ancient coin; inside it a concave figure of a man, whose arm is a part of a euro currency symbol €; above year of issue 2009; along the top edge: SUOMI FINLAND (Finland in Finnish and Swedish); along the bottom edge: EMU 1999-2009 (ECONOMIC and MONETARY UNION 1999-2009); at the edge a ring of twelve five-pointed stars - symbol of the European Union

left from the coin centre face value: 2, on the right inscription: EURO; in the background of the inscription 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 with concave inscription:
• TALOUS - JA RAHALIITTO EMU
(Economic and Monetary Union EMU in Finnish)

1 I 2009

still in circulation

Γεώργιος Σταματόπουλος (concave initials ΓΣ above the date 2009 on the obverse), Luc Luycx (initials LL below letter 'O' in EURO on the reverse)
(Georgios Stamatopoulos, Luc Luycx)

Rahapaja Oy (The Mint), Vantaa (mint mark after FINLAND on the obverse)

2009	1 342 900		+ 20 000 in annual boxed sets
			+ 9 600 in commemorative sets

In the contests for a design of a coin commemorating 10th anniversary of the Economic and Monetary Union, the proposal of George Stamatopoulos from the Central Bank of Greece has won the internet voting. He proposed the idea of a coin on a coin, which he had used previously on a Greek national obverse of 1 euro coins. There he introduced an irregularly struck Greek coin of 4 drachmas from 5th century BC. This time he designed by himself a coin pretending to be ancient. All euro zone members issued a coin with the same motif on the obverse. Let's meet the other finalists.