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The Riksbank's Regulations (2008:860) Om Coin On A Crown With 200 From On The Occasion Of The 150Th Anniversary Of The Peace 1809 When Finland Separated From Sweden

Original Language Title: Riksbankens föreskrifter (2008:860) om mynt på en krona med specialprägling med anledning av 200-årsminnet av freden 1809 då Finland skiljdes från Sverige

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The General Council of the Riksbank provides under Chapter 5. section 1 of the Act (1988:1385) om Sveriges riksbank to a coin on a Crown with 200 from on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the peace 1809 when Finland separated from Sweden should be released and that the coin should have the following size, shape and appearance.



§ 1 a coin with a nominal value of one from Crown to be given out.



section 2 of the coin to be produced in an alloy of 75% copper and 25% nickel. The coin should have a weight of 7.00 grams and a diameter of 25.0 mm. Rim height should be 1.88 mm.



3 § the number of coins at the weighing that most closely corresponds to the average weight of one kilogram coins may not differ by more than 2% from the weight of the coins should have under section 2.



4 § the coin should have the following character.



On the front of King Carl XVI Gustaf's portrait in profile, the left side, the legend "the KING of SWEDEN CARL XVI GUSTAF" and the year of issue below the portrait.



On the reverse is depicted symbolically Ocean link between Sweden and Finland. The top edge is the quote "the WONDERFUL STORY of a COUNTRY on the OTHER SIDE of the SEA", taken from Johan Ludvig Runeberg's book "Student visit to Finland in 1857". The lower edge is "the UNITED KINGDOM 1809 2009 FINLAND", the Governor's initials ("SI"), the first letter in the place of publication ("S") and the designer's initials ("AWJ"). In my denomination under the edge is "$ 1".



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