It was established by Alexander II of Russia in 1860 as the mark became the official currency of the Grand Duchy of Finland.

The mint was first located in the Katajanokka district of Helsinki and in 1988 the new production facility was opened in Vantaa.

[1] The Mint of Finland has produced the euro coins of Estonia,[2] Greece, Luxembourg, Slovenia, Cyprus and Republic of Ireland[3] as well as the coins of the Swedish crown since 2008, which ended the more than thousand-year-old minting tradition in Sweden.

[5][6] In 2023 the Mint of Finland signed additional contracts with the Banco de Guatemala for the supply of 400 million coins of 1 quetzal[7] and the Banco de la República (Colombia) for the supply of 370,5 million Colombian Peso coins.

Once current contracts are completed the facility will close down, a date expected to be in the spring of 2025.