Finland's euro coinage shifted to the "second map" reverse — showing the EU's expanded membership after the 2004 and 2007 enlargements — as part of a eurozone-wide update that affected all circulation denominations simultaneously. The change was politically coordinated rather than aesthetically driven; the original map had conspicuously excluded the ten accession states that joined in 2004, an omission that became increasingly awkward as those countries began adopting the euro themselves.
The Mint of Finland, operating under Suomen Rahapaja, has produced Finnish euro coinage under contract arrangements that have periodically included striking for other small eurozone states.
Finland's euro coinage shifted to the "second map" reverse — showing the EU's expanded membership after the 2004 and 2007 enlargements — as part of a eurozone-wide update that affected all circulation denominations simultaneously. The change was politically coordinated rather than aesthetically driven; the original map had conspicuously excluded the ten accession states that joined in 2004, an omission that became increasingly awkward as those countries began adopting the euro themselves.
The Mint of Finland, operating under Suomen Rahapaja, has produced Finnish euro coinage under contract arrangements that have periodically included striking for other small eurozone states.