Sir Sisu

Designer: Tero Lounas Ag 925, 38.6mm, 27.4g Mintage BU 30,000 - PROOF 30,000 Obvserse: A stylized open book referencing Chydenius' many publications and the Bible. Reverse: A stylized village representative of those of Chydenius' time; a church is in the center of the village. Edge: Plain Commemorates 200 years since the death of Anders Chydenius (1729-1803). Though his official profession was that of a clergyman, his influence was felt beyond the church. He published a treatise that sought to end mercantalism and free trade from such restictions. As a member of the Diet, he succeeded in securing free trade status for many coastal cities in Ostrobothnia. He was a liberal thinker for his time. As with many clergyman, he also worked on other tasks; developing new agricultural methods and researching medicines. He also has appeared on the 1000 markkaa banknote (1986-2001 series).

Obverse designer: Hannu Veijalainen Reverse designer: Erkki Vainio Ag 925, 38.6mm, 27.4g Mintage BU 10,000 - PROOF 34,800 Obverse: Helsinki Olympic Stadium tower and coin commemorating the original event. Reverse: The Olympic flame; the globe with coordinate lines and shape of Finland represents the event putting Finland "on the map" in the eyes of the world. Edge: Plain The 1952 Summer Olympic Games were very significant for Finland. The Games were originally scheduled to be held in 1940, and Finland had done much construction in preparation, but WWII had already begun. The first Games after WWII were given to London, but Helsinki was finally given its turn 4 years later. Not only was it a chance for sport-crazy Finns to showcase their abilities, but it also intimately highlighted a vibrant democratic Finland to the West in the early days of the Cold War. And of course for the numismatic world, it brought us the first modern Olympic commemorative coin.

Designer: Pertti Mäkinen Ag 925, 38.6mm, 27g Mintage BU 40,000 - PROOF 40,000 Obverse: Quill and signature represents his work as a writer. Reverse: A woven poem-band represents his work in weaving together the Kalevala. Edge: Plain Commemorates 200 years since the birth of Elias Lönnrot (1802-1884). He was a medicinal researcher, poet, and writer. He travelled extensively through eastern Finland collecting the oral poems of locals. He synthesized these and embelished them to create the National Epic: Kalevala. His work came during the critical period of a national Finnish awakening. The Kalevala would go on to inspire architects, painters, composers, etc. to create works (in a style dubbed National-Romanticism) that bolstered the identity of an independent Finnish heritage in the face of a program of Russification prior to independence. He also has appeared on the 500 markkaa banknote (1986-2001 series).

Here is my second: 13,456

Hello, Survived all the salmiakki, I see.

Just press the "reply" button under my post. The "quote" is if you want to reply to multiple people within a single post.

Yes it is so much easier and convenient. The same with inserting a customized hyperlink. Me likes!

All coins Finnish. 19-20 century Scandinavian and Baltic coins. Larger silver coins (circulation and commem) from any country. Started world gold types. US: Franklin halves, SAE proofs, Modern BU commems, and just whatever dates sets I can keep up with. And then any other coins that I find appealing.

It is a photo of just mine: rev and obv. The hammer was a bit heavy for my son, so his resulted in a weaker strike.

I believe PVC in itself is just fine. However, it is the chemical agents often used to soften PVC that damage coins.

Umm, Umm, Umm..........well, perhaps it would be best if this current deal gets cleaned up first before I ask for anything else. However, iiiiiiiiiiif an extra one should ...

I see we have a lot of optimists in the gang here!

Cool! That book sounds really interesting! I hope that in a few years a good one will be published on euro errors and varieties. There seem to be a lot of them.

There were 3 up for auction at the last auction the SNY had here. I was tempted, but even my highest bid would have been doubled!

You said it! That top Giori is excellent! Are those relatively easy to be found or do you have to know a friend of a friend of a friend?

I received my first Finnish 2005 issue in change the other day. A €0.50 piece.

And of course there are those that collect these. Here is a link form the Finnish Numismatic Societies pages for the 2004 issues. (Click the arrow on top to view the other page) http://www.snynumis.fi/galleria/olkkonen/index.htm

Becuase it belongs on gold!

No, my etch-a-sketch skills are not that advanced. Only once. In fact I hit it too hard. The clasps holding the top die came off, causing it to shift and give the coin a nice scratch on the side with the text.

Mircea is having twins!! 27.7.05

btw: the token is an advertisement for the city of Hämeenlinna's medieval fair in august.

There was an outdoor fair going on over the weekend in downtown Helsinki. I went one day with the family. Often at such events, and this was no exception, there is a stand where one can strike their own coins. Of course I took the opportunity as did my son. The options were copper or aluminum- we both took copper. It is a decent chunk too: 3mm thick and 25mm diameter. Here is the result (as usual the actual thing is much better than the scan) and the equipment.

Good stuff Christian!