2 Euro 2013, 125th Anniversary of the Birth of Frans Eemil Sillanpää [Finland]

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Country: Finland
Shape: Round
Weight: 8.5 g
Name: 125th Anniversary of the Birth of Frans Eemil Sillanpää
Metal: Nordic Gold
Bimetal: Center - nickel plated with nickel brass. Ring - copper-nickel alloy
Designation: Cu-Ni-Zn
Cladding: Nickel
Denomination: 2 Euro
Currency Unit: Euro
Orientation: Medal alignment
Summary: KM# 193
Diameter: 25.75 mm

Reverse
In the central part, the horizontal text in English '2 EURO'. The lettering is placed against a map of the European continent. Above and below the map are six lines with five-pointed stars. Under the letter 'O' are the crossed initials of the designer Luc Luycx, the Latin letters 'LL'.
Obverse
On the inner disc, a frontal portrait of the Finnish writer, Nobel laureate Frans Eemil Sillanpää is positioned centrally. On the sides of the portrait: horizontally in the center left, the person's birth year '1888', right, the death year '1964'; above, vertically from bottom to top, the year of minting '2013'; bottom left, a heraldic lion in a circle - the mintmark of the Mint of Finland; bottom right, the Latin letters of the issuing state 'FI' (Finland). At the top, the writer's name in Finnish 'F. E. SILLANPÄÄ' is inscribed in a semicircle. Twelve five-pointed stars are evenly distributed along the coin's outer ring.