20 euro Europe of Arts series Finland - Alvar Aalto

Obverse: Europe represented as a ship floating under the twelve stars of the European Union; on the left the year of issue “2005”; on the right the monogram of the Italian Republic “RI”; below in the centre the name of the designer “E.L. FRAPICCINI”. Reverse: the Auditorium of the Otaniemi Technical University in Espoo, architectural masterpiece by Alvar Aalto; at the base, on the left, the mintmark "R"; in the centre, the coin's value “20 EURO”; on the right, the signature of the artist “A. AALTO”; on top, arch-shaped “EUROPA DELLE ARTI”.