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0 Euro - Suomi-Finland NATO Membership
| Issuer | Finland |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Value | 0 Euro (0 EUR) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse bears a vignette of the NATO member states map as constituted on Finland's accession date of 4 April 2023, with the national flag of Finland and the NATO flag positioned alongside. The zero-euro denomination numeral and the date 4.4.2023 appear within the design, accompanied by the EuroSouvenir series identifier 2023-1. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse reproduces the standard EuroSouvenir series underprint composed of six European architectural vignettes arranged across the face: Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, Lisbon's Belém Tower, Paris's Eiffel Tower, Rome's Colosseum, Barcelona's Sagrada Família, and Brussels' Manneken-Pis. A portrait of the Mona Lisa occupies the right-hand panel, consistent with the EuroSouvenir format produced by Oberthur Fiduciaire. |
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Finland's NATO accession on 4 April 2023 ended over seven decades of official military non-alignment — a policy maintained even through the Cold War, when Finland shared an 1,340-kilometre border with the Soviet Union. The decision, driven directly by Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, moved with unusual speed: application submitted in May 2022, ratified by all thirty existing member states within eleven months.
The 0 Euro souvenir note format, produced by Oberthur Fiduciaire under licence from the ECB, has no legal tender status anywhere. Collectors should note that print runs for commemorative 0 Euro pieces vary considerably by retailer and venue, and Oberthur does not publish official figures.