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16.05.2017

A total of 2.5 million special two-euro coins are about to enter circulation: minting of commemorative Independent Finland 100 Years coins has begun at Mint of Finland

Today, Governor Erkki Liikanen of the Bank of Finland started the production of com-memorative Independent Finland 100 Years coins at Mint of Finland. A total of 2.5 million special coins will be minted in honour of Finland’s century of independence. The special coins will be released into circulation on 1 June 2017. Today, Mint of…

25.04.2017

Mint of Finland regrets the bad feeling caused by images on its collector coins series

In a release published by the Finnish Ministry of Finance at 4.08pm on 25 April 2017, Minister of Finance Petteri Orpo announced he had initiated a process to repeal the Decree on the Decades of Independence Collector Coin Series. According to the Ministry of Finance this decree has now been repealed. Mint of Finland, which…

28.03.2017

28 March 2017 after the AGM – Mint of Finland’s annual report and financial statements for 2016 have been published

A year of changes at Mint of Finland Mint of Finland, one of the world’s leading coin exporters, has published online its annual report and financial statements for 2016. Consolidated revenue was €66.6m (2015: €88.2m), down 24.6% year on year. The result was a loss of €1.6m, which equates to -2.5% of revenue (2015: -€3.7m…

21.03.2017

Danish coins minted first time outside Denmark – Minting of Danish coins has begun at Mint of Finland

Governor Hugo Frey Jensen of Danmarks Nationalbank, the central bank of Denmark, travelled to Vantaa to celebrate the start of manufacturing in person. Mint of Finland’s circulation coin minting machines will make Danish 20 krone coins. Mint of Finland will also mint silver collector coins in honour of the 50th wedding anniversary of Her Majesty…

09.03.2017

Designers sought for Finland in 100 Years collector coin

The Collector Coin Committee of the centenary of Finland’s independence, instituted by the Ministry of Finance, is holding a competition for the design of a collector coin to be released in 2018. The competition is organised to find a design for the Finland in 100 Years collector coin. The design eventually stamped on the collector…

27.02.2017

Mint of Finland wins contract in Colombia

Mint of Finland will mint circulation coins for Colombia The Central Bank of Colombia has ordered two-hundred peso and one-thousand peso coins from Mint of Finland. Mint of Finland will mint 156 million two-hundred peso coins and 92 million one-thousand peso coins to Colombia. The coins will be delivered in the course of 2017. The…

16.02.2017

Two-euro special coins in honour of Finland’s 100 years of independence and Finnish nature will be released in 2017

In 2017, Finland will release a special two-euro coin celebrating the country’s centenary of independence. Mint of Finland has also submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Finance for a special coin paying tribute to Finnish nature, to be released in the autumn of 2017. The special coins are a part of the centenary programme…

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