The Karelians' provincial animal coin depicts the cuckoo, behind which opens a traditional Karelian lake vista. The collector coin's reverse bears the historic coat of arms of Karelia.

This beautiful collector coin is part of the Animals of the Provinces series, which is the third coin series minted in honour of Finland's historic provinces.  The 2013 Karelian coin paid tribute to the Imatrankoski rapids, and the 2011 coin honoured the Karelian tradition of birch-bark crafts.

The captivating song of the cuckoo

It is a timid bird thatis rarely sighted, since it is most comfortablehiding in the dense boughs oftrees. Everyone recognises the cuckoo’ssong, though. The Finnish people haveattached many beliefs to its cuckooingthroughout the ages. For example, a person’sremaining years have been countedby the cuckoo’s first summer song.