Finland

2020

Commemorative coin

Universities and society – University of Turku 100 years

Official Journal of the European Union

The grid-like design represents the interaction between universities and the society. At the top of the design, there is the year of issuance ‘2020’, at the right side the mintmark and underneath the mintmark is the indication of the issuing country ‘FI’. The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.

Additional information

Founded in 1820, the university in the Finnish city of Turku is the second largest in the country. In addition, there is the Swedish-language university Åbo Akademi, founded in 1918, with just under 6,000 students. The Turku Academy, on the other hand, which was located in Turku from 1640 to 1828, is the predecessor of the University of Helsinki and is not connected with today's two Turku universities. The coin represents the concept of "neural network" through grid patterns on an abstract level. This is meant to symbolise the interaction between universities and society.

Edge lettering

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