Estonian euro coins
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Estonian euro coins feature a single design for all eight coins. This is a design by Lembit Lõhmus and features a silhouette map of Estonia together with the word Eesti (Estonia) and twelve stars, symbolic of the European Union, surrounding the map. This was the winning design in a public vote of ten announced in December 2004.
Estonian euro coins entered circulation on 1 January 2011. Estonia is the fifth of ten states that joined the EU in 2004, and the first ex-Soviet republic, to join the eurozone. Of the ten new member states, Estonia was the first to unveil its design. It originally planned to adopt the euro on 1 January 2007; however, it did not formally apply when Slovenia did, and officially changed its target date to 1 January 2008, and later, to 1 January 2011.[1] On 12 May 2010 the European Commission announced that Estonia had met all criteria to join the eurozone.[2] On 8 June 2010, the EU finance ministers agreed that Estonia would be able to join the euro on 1 January 2011.[3] On 13 July 2010, Estonia received the final approval from the ECOFIN to adopt the euro as from 1 January 2011. On the same date the exchange rate at which the kroon would be exchanged for the euro (€1 = 15.6466 krooni) was also announced. On 20 July 2010, mass production of Estonian euro coins began in the Mint of Finland.[4] 2012 coins were produced by the Royal Dutch Mint, having won the production bid.
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Estonian euro design
For images of the common side and a detailed description of the coins, see euro coins. A design competition was held for the design of the Estonian euro coins.[5] 134 designs were submitted to the competition.
| € 0.01 | € 0.02 | € 0.05 |
|---|---|---|
| Silhouette of Estonia | ||
| € 0.10 | € 0.20 | € 0.50 |
| Silhouette of Estonia | ||
| € 1.00 | € 2.00 | € 2 Coin Edge |
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| Relief silhouette of Estonia | ||
Circulating mintage quantities
| Face value[7] | €0.01 | €0.02 | €0.05 | €0.10 | €0.20 | €0.50 | €1.00 | €2.00 | €2.00 CC [clarification needed] |
Total |
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| 2011 | 32,000,000 | 30,000,000 | 30,000,000 | 30,000,000 | 25,000,000 | 20,000,000 | 16,000,000 | 11,000,000 | * | 194,000,000[8] |
| 2012 | 25,000,000 | 25,000,000 | * | * | * | * | * | * | 2,000,000 | 52,000,000[9] |
| 2015 | 14,000,000 | 17,000,000 | * | * | * | * | * | * | 350,000 | 31,350,000[10] |
* No coins were minted that year for that denomination
Design controversy
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Ethnic Setos have protested the design of the coin, claiming that the outline of the map of Estonia does not include the former south eastern region of Estonia that constituted a part of the Seto homeland annexed by Stalin during the occupation of the Baltic states.[11] On the other hand, a Russian lawyer Sergei Seredenko claimed that the outline included Russian-controlled areas.[12] The Russian embassy was prompted to issue a statement that the euro coins do indeed depict the current borders of the country's territory.[13]
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- ↑ National Bank of Estonia, estonian-euro.com
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