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10 Euros A. E. Nordenskiöld
| Issuer | Bank of Finland |
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| Year | 2007 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a three-quarter portrait of the Finnish-Swedish explorer Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, shown in polar expedition attire against a stylised background evoking ice-bound ships and Arctic rigging, rendered with fine engraved line work. The legend 'A.E. NORDENSKIÖLD' arcs prominently along the upper rim in bold raised lettering. The birth and death years '1832-1901' are inscribed vertically along the left side of the field, while the commemorative date '2007' appears in the lower exergue. A small mintmark is visible in the lower right field. |
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| Reverse lettering | A.E. NORDENSKIÖLD 1832-1901 2007 |
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Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld completed the first navigated Northeast Passage in 1878–79 aboard the Vega, proving a commercial Arctic route between the Atlantic and Pacific was theoretically viable — though pack ice made it practically useless for the shipping industry that had funded the expedition. He was Finnish-born but worked under Swedish flag, a biographical tension that made his commemoration by Finland somewhat delayed in coming.
The Vega expedition also produced significant oceanographic and ethnographic data on Siberian coastal peoples, largely overshadowed by the navigation achievement itself.