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In its day, the Solidi, or Solidus, was a Roman gold coin. In the Byzantine area the coin was known as the Solidi. The coin was of pure gold and held its value for more than a thousand years, right up to the end of the empire. It kept its position as the most important gold coin throughout the Roman Empire until 1453, i.e. until the fall of Byzantium.

Because its fine weight remained largely unchanged, the Solidi became the model for barbarian imitations by neighbouring peoples and for many Western and Central European gold coins.

The coin shown in the picture is in the collections of the National Museum of Finland, and Solidi Finland Oy has permission to use the image.

The Finnish loanword solidifikaatio / solidification (becoming solid, setting, hardening) describes the changes in the properties of Solidiwood products brought about by the “solidifying” (cf. modifying) achieved with Solidiwood process technology.

Solidiwood is a neologism formed from Finnish and English words. The first part of the word, Solidi, ties the trademark to its home country, Finland. The final part of the neologism, wood, broadens the trademark for international use.

The word Solidiwood, like the word Solidum, is based on a word that has become established in Finnish as a loanword from Latin: Solidi.

Solidum means, in Finnish: capital, heart, strength, sturdiness, full value and gold coin.