Finland - Lapland (Lappi)

Coin Specifications:	Country	Finland
	Date	November 2nd, 2011
	Material	Centre CuNi - Ring Nordic Gold
	Mintage	20 000 (proof), 100 000 (unc)
Search this coin	Diameter	27,25 mm

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This coin is 8/9 in Historical Provinces of Finland coin series: Lappi, Lapland in English.


Lappi Coat of Arms

The Lapland provincial coin commemorates the longest-standing inhabitants of Lapland: Sami people. Lapland's provincial coin depicts the shaman's drum, key to the Sami wise men's epic songs and spirituality.
Shamans used drums to predict a family’s good fortune and to heal patients. The drum symbolised life and the entire universe in the past, present and future.
Drum sticks were often made of reindeer horn.


Historical province of Lappi in brown