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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.

History

Of the ten new EU member states, Estonia was the first to unveil its design. The country 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.

On 12 May 2010, the European Commission announced that Estonia had met all criteria to join the eurozone. On 8 June 2010, the EU finance ministers agreed that Estonia would be able to join the euro on 1 January 2011. 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 of 13 July 2010, 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. 2012 coins were produced by the Royal Dutch Mint, having won the production bid.

Estonian euro design

For images of the common side and a detailed description of the coins, see euro coins. A design competition was first held in 2004 for the design of the Estonian euro coins. 134 designs were submitted to the competition, and the 10 best designs were selected, which were then voted on by telephone by the Estonian people. The design features an outline map of Estonia and its islands: Saaremaa, Hiiumaa, Muhu, Vormsi, Kihnu, the Pakri Islands, Naissaar and Ruhnu; and the lake of Võrtsjärv.

Estonian National Symbols series

Year	Number	Design
2021	1	Wolf, the national mammal of Estonia
2023	2	Barn swallow, the national bird of Estonia
2024	3	Cornflower, the national flower of Estonia

Circulating mintage quantities

Face value	€0.01	€0.02	€0.05	€0.10	€0.20	€0.50	€1.00	€2.00	[€2.00 CC](2-euro-commemorative-coins)	Total	2011	2012	2015	2016	2017
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
25,000,000	25,000,000	*	*	*	*	*	*	2,000,000	52,000,000
14,000,000	17,000,000	*	*	*	*	*	*	350,000	31,350,000
20,000	20,000	20,000	20,000	20,000	20,000	20,000	20,000	500,000	publisher=Bank of Estonia	url=https://www.eestipank.ee/en/notes-and-coins/euro-coins	title=Euro coins	access-date=2018-04-09	archive-date=2019-03-25	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325174210/https://www.eestipank.ee/en/notes-and-coins/euro-coins	url-status=dead }}
29,000,000	9,000,000	4,550,000	*	3,250,000	*	*	*	1,500,000	47,300,000
500,000	8,500,000	4,500,000	500,000	4,000,000	500,000	500,000	500,000	1,822,800	21,317,800
10,000,000	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	10,000,000
*	2,000,000	*	*	1,500,000	*	*	1,750,000	*	5,250,000
*	8,000,000	*	*	2,000,000	*	*	*	*	10,000,000
10,000,000	*	4,200,000	2,800,000	*	*	*	*	*	17,000,000
*	*	5,600,000	4,200,000	4,890,000	*	*	1,000,000	*	15,690,000

No coins were minted that year for that denomination ** Data not yet available

*** Small quantities minted for sets only--

Mints

2011: Finland

2012: Netherlands

2015: Lithuania

2016-2018: Finland

Design controversy

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. On the other hand, a Russian lawyer Sergei Seredenko claimed that the outline included Russian-controlled areas. The Russian embassy was prompted to issue a statement that the euro coins do indeed depict the current borders of the country's territory.

References

(25 May 2007). "Alcohol and tobacco tax to rise in Estonia next year". Helsingin Sanomat.
(12 May 2010). "Estonia ready for euro". European Commission.
"Estonia to Join Euro 1 January 2011".
(2011-07-11). "The Estonian euro coin". [[Bank of Estonia]].
"Production of the Estonian euro coins". Bank of Estonia.
"Eesti euromünte vermitakse Soomes 194 miljonit tükki". EPL.
"Eesti Pank laseb käibele 2012. aasta 1- ja 2-sendised mündid". BoE.
"Mintage quantities of the euro coins and official euro collector folders". BoE.
(18 December 2015). "New national side of euro coins intended for circulation". [[Official Journal of the European Union]].
"Euro coins". Bank of Estonia.
(30 June 2017). "New national side of euro coins intended for circulation". [[Official Journal of the European Union]].
(1 January 2011). "Setos Protest Truncated Map of Estonia". Estonian Public Broadcasting News.
Richard Giedroyc. (14 February 2011). "Coin Reflects Estonia Border Dispute". World Coin News.
(7 January 2011). "Another Side to the Euro Coin Map Dispute". Estonian Public Broadcasting News.

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