Coin to Remember Finland

Two hundred years ago this year, Sweden lost a war and all of the possessions on the eastern part of the Gulf of Bothnia had to be given away to Russia. This later became the modern day independent Finland. To commemorate this event, Bank of Sweden issues a series of 1 crown-coins with a picture of the Gulf of Bothnia on the back. I think it is a bit sad that Finland is not still a part of Sweden - if it was, the Moomin trolls would be known throughout the world to be from Sweden, not from Finland. However, Sweden and Finland are both part of the European Union, and that is certainly as close as the countries will get in the foreseeable future. The two countries have two votes in the EU, as a single country it would only have one, so there are advantages to being more than one. I wonder if I can get hold of one of the commemorative coins.