Olympic speed skating champion Irene Schouten revealed the coincard for Floriade Expo 2022 today. The Royal Dutch Mint celebrates the upcoming opening of Floriade with a specially designed coincard containing two Dutch 20 cent euro coins and a 2 cent euro coin, which form the year 2022. With part of the proceeds of the coincard a forest will be planted. In addition, when you purchase the coincard, you will receive a free Coincard Catalog 2022!
After revealing the issue, Schouten symbolically planted the first tree for the forest. Floriade Expo 2022 is all about “Growing Green Cities”, with which the Expo draws attention to greener cities. Schouten comes from a family of tulip growers and therefore knows the horticultural sector like no other: "As someone from a proud tulip grower family, I think it is great that Floriade draws attention to this important sector, especially in the context of sustainability. The Floriade coincard is the cherry on top of the cake. The fact that a forest is planted with part of the proceeds is even more beautiful!"Floriade Expo 2022
The Floriade Expo is a world horticultural exhibition that is organised only once every ten years. From the 14th of April until the 19th of October 2022, part of Almere will be transformed into one large blooming garden. Within the theme “Growing Green Cities”, which draws attention to greener cities, more than 400 national and international participants present their latest green inventions. You can stroll through the gardens and the arboretum, be culinary surprised by green dishes or enjoy the cultural program: the Floriade is definitely worth a visit.
Growing Green Cities
It will not surprise you that green is the colour of the Floriade and this colour is also represented on the coincard. On the obverse you can see the floor plan of the Floriade, with many gardens and even an arboretum! On the reverse the logo of the Floriade Expo 2022 is shown and icons that depict all the activities you can experience at the Floriade. The coincard contains three Dutch euro coins from 2022 in BU quality: two 20 cent coins and one 2 cent coin. Together they symbolise the year 2022. Part of the proceeds of the coincards will be used to plant a forest, so you also contribute to Growing Green Cities!
*Receive a free Coincard Catalog 2022! You do not need to manually add the Coincard Catalog to your shopping basket, the item will be added to your basket automatically, as long as supplies last (one catalog per order).