5 markkaa FINLAND (1992-2001)

in the coin centre ringed seal from Saimaa (Pusa hispida saimensis) laying on rocks leftwards; below year of issue; along the top edge: SUOMI, along the bottom edge: FINLAND (Finland in Finnish and Swedish)

above the coin centre large face value: 5 (markkaa); below three leaves of white waterlily, on the upper leaf a dragonfly; along the right edge: MARKKAA MARK (markkaa in Finnish and Swedish)

plain with concave inscription repeated twice: * SUOMI FINLAND (Finland in Finnish and Swedish)

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28 II 2002

Antti Neuvonen

Rahapaja Oy (The Mint), Vantaa (between lower leaves on the reverse initial M of the mint director Makkonen)

1992	800 000	M	+ 70 000 in annual boxed sets
1993	46 034 000	M	+ 60 790 in annual boxed sets
1994	19 003 000	M	+ 40 000 in annual boxed sets
1995	9 016 000	M	+ 38 190 in annual boxed sets
1996	7 000 000	M	+ 16 300 in annual boxed sets
1997	537 000	M	+ 18 000 in annual boxed sets
1998	813 650	M	+ 18 000 in annual boxed sets
1999	100 000	M	+ 43 500 in annual boxed sets
2000	100 000	M	+ 35 000 in annual boxed sets
2001	200 000	M	+ 85 000 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)

On the obverse of the Finnish coin 5 markkaa from years 1992-2001 there is a ringed seal, which lives only in Saimaa Lake. This subspecies Pusa hispida saimensis lives only in fresh water of Finland's largest lake and its population has barely 260 individuals.