Sir Sisu Posted October 7, 2007 Report Share Posted October 7, 2007 Finnish coins have a letter on them, but it is the initial of the Mint Master's (nowadays the mint's Chief Executive) surname and does not refer to the mint itself. It has been reported that the current MM will be retiring in March of 2008, and the search for a new CEO is hoped to be completed before the turn of the year. Perhaps this is so the mint will know what initial to put on coins for 2008? A part of me is curious, however, to see if the new practice of adding "FI" and/or the Mint's logo on foreign coins will replace the tradition of using the Mint Master's (which as mentioned before is now a CEO) initial on domestic coins. I doubt it will but one never knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 It has been reported that the current MM will be retiring in March of 2008, and the search for a new CEO is hoped to be completed before the turn of the year. Perhaps this is so the mint will know what initial to put on coins for 2008? Maybe so, but I doubt it ... The "M" mark (for Raimo Makkonen) was used until 2006; as far as I know this year's coins all have the mint logo instead. Additionally, the Finnish coins dated 2007 have the country identifier "FI" that you mentioned (except those coins where the country name appears). So I think that the only initials we will see on Finnish coins dated 2007 and later are those of the designers. Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Sisu Posted October 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2007 Of course! I'm still stuck in the world pre-2007. I have seen so few of this year's 2007 in circulation so far, that I have not yet become accustomed to the new practice. Thanks for correcting me! Disregard the whole thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted October 9, 2007 Report Share Posted October 9, 2007 That's what you get for not collecting all the latest collector coins any more. Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 Not a new initial but a new mintmaster aka President and CEO: Maarit Aarni-Sirviö. http://www.mint.fi/en/press-releases/1896/ She will have the job as from 1 April ... Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Sisu Posted December 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 There has been a minor modification on the coins dated 2008. The Mint's logo has been moved from the edge of the coins closer to the center. So for the 1 and 2 euro coins, the logo has moved from the outer rim to the center and is now under the cloudberry. On the cent denominated coins the logo has been moved from the edge to be placed under the hilt of the sword, where historically the mintmaster's initial has been located. So it seems that the 2007 coins will be the only year where the mint logo is located in a different location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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