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100 Euros Diet of Porvoo
| Issuer | Mint of Finland |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Value | 100 Euros |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a stylised triangular composition at centre, formed by interlacing Art Nouveau-inspired decorative motifs evoking the pointed arch of a church window, referencing the Porvoo Cathedral where the historic Diet was convened. The design incorporates flowing foliate scrollwork and symmetrical curvilinear elements arranged within and around the triangular form. A small mint privy mark appears in the lower right field. The legend SUOMI FINLAND 100 EURO curves along the upper border in raised Latin lettering, identifying the issuing nation and denomination. |
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The Diet of Porvoo, convened in March 1809, was the assembly at which the four Estates of Finland swore allegiance to Alexander I of Russia, effectively transferring Finland from Swedish to Russian rule after five centuries under the Swedish crown. Alexander in turn confirmed Finnish laws and privileges, a political arrangement that gave Finland the status of an autonomous Grand Duchy rather than an absorbed province. The coin marks the bicentennial of that assembly.
Porvoo was chosen as the meeting site partly because of its distance from the contested Swedish border — a deliberate signal of stability.