Estonian euro coins
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The Estonian euro coins are those of Estonia in circulation Euro coins of the common European currency Euro .
Introduction history
The introduction of the euro in Estonia - and thus the coins shown here - was not planned for mid-2006 at the earliest. However, as the inflation rate in May 2006 was too high, Estonia was unable to introduce the euro on January 1, 2007 as planned. The planned date was postponed to 2009, which was also impossible to keep. Despite the financial and economic crisis, Estonia was able to achieve low levels of new borrowing and thus meets the Maastricht criteria . On May 12, 2010, the EU Commission confirmed that Estonia would meet all the criteria for introducing the euro in early 2011. On June 17, 2010, the heads of state and government of the EU also approved Estonia's admission to the euro zone. On January 1, 2011, Estonia became the 17th member of the euro area.
Design of the coins
The Estonian population was able to take part in the selection process to determine the design of the euro coin reverse sides. Between December 4 and 11, 2004, the Estonians had the opportunity to choose one of ten designs proposed by Eesti Pank via televoting . The winning motif designed by Lembit Lõhmus , which received the most votes with 27.46%, was announced on December 17, 2004. It shows the outline of the map of Estonia. The design shows the obligatory twelve stars of the EU, the year of issue and the country name EESTI . The artist of the design justified his choice of motif by saying that there are only a few countries in Europe that have such an attractive and memorable contour as Estonia.
But the motif is only the same at first glance. While Estonia is depicted in depth on the cent coins, it is embossed on the euro coins. The 2 euro coin also shows two small islands, Vaindloo and Nootamaa , Estonia's northernmost and westernmost point, respectively.
Due to the design of the coins, there was diplomatic disagreement with Estonia's neighboring state Russia . The Russian press claimed that the outline of Estonia on the reverse of the euro coins also included Russian territories. The Russian embassy in Tallinn spoke of a renewed attempt to “revise the current borders”. The Estonian ambassador to Russia stated that the map shown on the euro coins corresponds to the current contours of his country and does not include any part of the territory of Russia. Only on an original sketch from 2007 did the artist show a slightly shifted border, but the image was "quickly corrected".
The background is a conflict between Estonia and Russia over national borders . Both countries agree on the border line, but not on the reason for the Russian acquisition of former Estonian territories that the Estonian SSR had lost during the Soviet Union. Estonia comes under international law of an assignment from the territories to Russia. Russia, on the other hand, claims that the borders apply as they existed when the Soviet Union broke up ( Uti-possidetis principle ) .
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2 euro commemorative coins
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| No. | image | Issue date image reference |
occasion | Official Journal reference |
Edition | |
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| 1 |  |
January 2, 2012 |
10th anniversary of the introduction of euro cash Euro 17 joint issue |
2,000,000 | ||
| 2 |  |
December 10, 2015 |
30th anniversary of the EU flag Euro-19 joint issue |
350,000 | ||
| 3 |  |
January 7, 2016 |
100th birthday of the chess grandmaster Paul Keres | 500,000 | ||
| 4th |  |
June 26, 2017 |
Estonia's road to independence | 1,500,000 | ||
| 5 |  |
January 31, 2018 |
Establishment of the states of Estonia and Latvia and re-establishment of the state of Lithuania Joint issue of the Baltic states |
500,000 | ||
| 6th |  |
19th February 2018 |
100 years of the Republic of Estonia | 1,317,800 | ||
| 7th | 29 May 2019 |
150th anniversary of the first song festival | 1,000,000 | |||
| 8th | 19th November 2019 |
100th anniversary of the establishment of the Estonian-speaking University of Tartu | 1,000,000 | |||
| 9 | January 27, 2020 |
200th anniversary of the discovery of Antarctica | 750,000 | |||
| 10 | February 1, 2020 |
100th anniversary of the Peace of Tartu | 1,000,000 | |||
| 11 | 2021 |
The wolf | ||||
| 12 | 2021 |
Finno-Ugric peoples | ||||
| 13 | 2022 | 35 years of the Erasmus program Euro 19 joint edition |
750,000 |
Mints
Following Estonia's request to mint the Estonian euro coins to all 15 previous mints that have the license to mint euro coins, the five mints Suomen Rahapaja (Finland), Royal Mint (United Kingdom), the Baden-Württemberg State Mints (Germany) , Austrian Mint (Austria) and the Monnaie de Paris (France) submitted their offer and applied for the contract.
In November 2005, the Estonian National Bank decided in favor of the Rahapaja, as it demanded the lowest price for the production of the 100 million euro coins required for Estonia. The minting of the first euro coins began at the end of July 2010.
The circulation coins from 2012 were minted by the Royal Dutch Mint , the 2-euro commemorative coin 10 years of euro cash from the Berlin State Mint .
Collector coins
The collector coins are issued in the quality Proof .
| theme | Issue date | Face value | material | Dimensions | diameter | Edition |
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| Estonia's future | January 24, 2011 | 10 Euro | 99.9% silver | 28.8 g | 38.61 mm | 30,000 |
| Estonia's accession to the euro | January 24, 2011 | 20 Euros | Ring: 99.9% silver, core: 99.9% gold |
14.6 g | 27.25 mm | 10,000 |
| Olympic Games in London | July 24, 2012 | 12 euros | 99.99% silver | 28.28 g | 38.61 mm | 7,500 |
| Raimond Valgre | 2013 | 7 euros | 92.5% silver | 28.28 g | 38.61 mm | 7,500 |
| 150th birthday of Miina Härma | 2014 | 10 Euro | 92.5% silver | 28.28 g | 38.61 mm | 7,500 |
| Olympic Winter Games in Sochi | 2014 | 10 Euro | 92.5% silver | 28.28 g | 38.61 mm | 7,500 |
| Eduard Vilde | 2015 | 10 Euro | 92.5% silver | 28.28 g | 38.61 mm | 5,000 |
| Jaan Poska | 22nd January 2016 | 10 Euro | 92.5% silver | 28.28 g | 38.61 mm | 4,000 |
| Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro | 2016 | 10 Euro | 92.5% silver | 28.28 g | 38.61 mm | 5,000 |
| Hanseatic city of Tallinn | February 9, 2017 | 8 euro | 92.5% silver | 28.28 g | 38.61 mm | 5,000 |
| Hanseatic city of Tallinn | February 9, 2017 | 25 euros | 99.9% gold | 3.11 g | 18 mm | 2,000 |
| Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang | January 12, 2018 | 10 Euro | 92.5% silver | 28.28 g | 38.61 mm | 2,000 |
| 100 years of the Republic of Estonia | 2018 | 10 Euro | 92.5% silver | 28.28 g | 38.61 mm | 7,000 |
| 100 years of the Republic of Estonia | 2018 | 100 euros | 99.9% gold | 5.65 g | 22 mm | 3,000 |
| Jaan Tõnisson | 4th December 2018 | 15 euro | 92.5% silver | 28.28 g | 38.61 mm | 5,000 |
| 200th birthday of Johann Voldemar Jannsen | 16th May 2019 | 12 euros | 92.5% silver | 28.28 g | 38.61 mm | 4,000 |
| Hanseatic city of Viljandi | June 8, 2019 | 8 euro | 92.5% silver | 28.28 g | 38.61 mm | 4,000 |
See also
Web links
- European Central Bank
- Estonian Central Bank
- Overview of all 2 euro coins with pictures and additional information in several languages
References and comments
- ↑ Despite the crisis, Estonia is allowed to enter the Eurozone Die Welt online, May 12, 2010
- ↑ Estonia gets the Euro n-tv.de, June 17, 2010
- ↑ Pictures of the inferior drafts for Estonia's future euro coins ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ sueddeutsche.de: A delicate piece of metal. Euro coins provoke Moscow (accessed January 12, 2011)
- ↑ Münzscan Estonia 2012: Euro cash , accessed on November 20, 2019
- ↑ Official Journal of the European Union: New national pages for euro coins in circulation (2012 / C 17/05, January 20, 2012) , accessed on July 9, 2013
- ↑ Joint issue 10 Years of Euro Cash , accessed on January 20, 2014
- ↑ Münzscan Estonia 2015: EU flag , accessed on November 20, 2019
- ↑ Official Journal of the European Union: New national side of the euro coins in circulation (2015 / C 356/05, October 28, 2015) , accessed on November 4, 2015
- ↑ Estonia 2015: 30 Years of the European Flag , accessed on November 4, 2015
- ↑ Münzscan Estonia 2016: Paul Keres , accessed on August 4, 2016
- ↑ Official Journal of the European Union: New national side of the euro coins in circulation (2015 / C 425/11, December 18, 2015) , accessed on January 8, 2016
- ^ Estonia 2016: 100th birthday of Paul Keres , accessed on January 8, 2016
- ↑ Münzscan Estonia 2017: The Road to Independence , accessed on August 3, 2017
- ↑ Official Journal of the European Union: New national side of the euro coins in circulation (2017 / C 206/08, June 30, 2017) , accessed on June 30, 2017
- ↑ Commemorative Estonia 2016: Estonia's Road to Independence , accessed on June 26, 2017
- ↑ Münzscan Estonia 2018: Independence , accessed on November 20, 2019
- ↑ Official Journal of the European Union: New national side of the euro coins in circulation (2018 / C 15/04, January 17, 2018) , accessed on January 31, 2018
- ↑ Commemorative coin 2018: 100 years of independence , accessed on January 31, 2018
- ↑ Münzscan Estonia 2018: 100 Years of the Republic , accessed on December 13, 2018
- ↑ Official Journal of the European Union: New national side of the euro coins in circulation (2017 / C 444/07, 23 December 2017) , accessed on 19 February 2018
- ↑ Commemorative coin Estonia 2018: 100 years Republic of Estonia , accessed on February 19, 2018
- ↑ Münzscan Estonia 2019: Song Festival , accessed on August 13, 2019
- ↑ Official Journal of the European Union: New national side of the euro coins in circulation (2019 / C 192/10, June 7, 2019) , accessed on June 7, 2019
- ↑ Commemorative coin Estonia 2019: 150th anniversary of the first Estonian song festival , accessed on May 29, 2019
- ↑ Münzscan Estonia 2019: University of Tartu , accessed December 20, 2019
- ↑ Official Journal of the European Union: New national side of the euro coins in circulation (2019 / C 409/07, December 5, 2019) , accessed on December 5, 2019
- ↑ Commemorative coin Estonia 2019: 100th anniversary of the founding of the National University of Tartu , accessed on November 19, 2019
- ↑ Münzbilld Estonia 2020: Antarctica , accessed January 20, 2020
- ↑ Official Journal of the European Union: New national side of the euro coins in circulation (2020 / C 49/14) , accessed on February 13, 2020
- ↑ Commemorative coin Estonia 2020: 200th anniversary of the discovery of Antarctica , accessed on January 27, 2020
- ^ Estonia 2010 coin image: Peace of Tartu , accessed on November 20, 2019
- ↑ Official Journal of the European Union: New national side of the euro coins in circulation (2020 / C 53/03) , accessed on February 17, 2020
- ↑ Commemorative coin Estonia 2020: 100 Years Peace Treaty of Tartu , accessed on January 27, 2020
- ^ Estonia 2021 coin image: the wolf , accessed on June 9, 2020
- ↑ Commemorative coin Estonia 2021: Wolf , accessed on March 5, 2020
- ^ Estonia 2021 coin design: Finno-Ugric peoples , accessed on June 11, 2020
- ↑ Commemorative coin Estonia 2021: Finno-Ugric Peoples , accessed on March 5, 2020
- ↑ Commemorative coin Estonia 2022: 35th anniversary of the Erasmus program , accessed on March 5, 2020
- ↑ Article about Estonia's future euro coins and their minting
