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1 Euro Cent 2nd type
| Issuer | Mint of Finland (Suomen Rahapaja) |
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| Year | 2007-2024 |
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| Weight | 2.3 g |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the heraldic Lion of Finland, the central device of the Finnish coat of arms, depicted rampant and facing right, brandishing a sword in its right forepaw and trampling upon a curved sabre with its hind paws. The lion is rendered in fine relief with detailed mane and musculature in a bold, heraldic style engraved by Heikki Aulis Häiväoja. The date of issue appears to the lower left of the lion in the field. Twelve five-pointed stars, representing the member states of the European Union, encircle the central device along the coin's periphery, with the mintmark positioned among the lower stars. |
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| Obverse lettering | 2009 FI |
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Finland's euro cent coins are struck under contract — Finland has no central mint of its own in the traditional sense, and Suomen Rahapaja operates as a commercial entity, taking on minting work for other nations as well. The "2nd type" designation marks the 2007 introduction of the security edge feature mandated across the eurozone to reduce counterfeiting, a modification applied to low-denomination coins that had previously been considered too worthless to fake.
Finnish euro cent coins consistently show among the lowest circulation figures in the eurozone. Finland has repeatedly proposed abolishing the 1 and 2 cent denominations entirely, with retailers rounding transactions to the nearest five cents — a practice already standard in Finnish cash transactions since 2002.