MoF hat geschrieben:Pehr Kalm was the greatest Finn of his time. When explorers during the age of the Enlightenment headed off to the unknown corners of the earth, the father of natural sciences, Carl Linnaeus, sent one of his 17 ‘apostles’, Finnish-born Pehr Kalm, off to North America. While on his perilous journeys across restless regions he discovered hundreds of new plant species. He wrote up his findings in a series of travel sketches and his description of the Niagara Falls was published in several papers.

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MoF hat geschrieben:Finland’s greats start off the new season
The Mint of Finland honours the greatest Finns of their time

The Mint of Finland has the honour to announce the first commemorative coins of the year in memory of two great Finns. In doing so, it also pays homage to Finnish design and science. Master of Finnish design Kaj Franck and the most famous Finnish representative of the enlightenment, Pehr Kalm, will both be honoured with commemorative coins on 28 January 2011.

The Mint of Finland begins its new season with the striking of commemorative coins in honour of the designer Kaj Franck and the natural scientist Pehr Kalm.

‘Finnish designers and scientists today are highly regarded around the world. With these commemorative coins we want to honour both Franck and Kalm who were international pioneers in the fields of Finnish design and science,’ explains Paul Gustafsson, CEO of the Mint of Finland.

A coin in commemoration of Nordic science

Finnish scientific study is being honoured with this commemorative coin named after the Finnish natural scientist Pehr Kalm. One of the ‘apostles’ of Carl Linnaeus, Pehr Kalm, explored North America and was the first in the world to write a scientific account of the Niagara Falls. Kalm brought back from the New World hundreds of new plant species and the state flower of Pennsylvania and Connecticut, Kalmia latifolia, is named after him.

The Pehr Kalm and European Explorers commemorative coin is the Nordic entry in the official European mint joint commemorative coin programme. All participants in the European Silver Star programme will strike a euro coin to commemorate great explorers. They will feature this programme’s star insignia.

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