The Mint of Finland has created a series of collectable, silver sauna coins. The first one was released on Finnish sauna day — June 8, 2018. Erkki Vainio designed the sauna side of the coin, which features a lakseside sauna and several trailing smoke columns from neighboring saunas. The collectable coin is encased in plastic and set in a birch veneer frame made by Finnish carpenters Puusepänliike Wooden Oy.
If you are interested in buying one, I would recommend purchasing the 20€ coin whose diameter is larger than the 10€ version. This fall, they are also releasing a 2€ coin (pictured above) which will be circulated as normal currency. It’s a handsome contrast of copper-nickel center ringed with copper-aluminum-nickel.
