Estni euro coins
of the euro (EUR or €) is the common currency from at present 12 European states in the European union. The euro coins have two different sides: Common, European side, which shows the Münzwert and a national side, which shows a motive, which was selected by the country, in which the coin was coined/shaped. Each member state has the right to arrange the back of its euro coins after its conceptions.
There are the pictures of the common front and a specification of the coins under euro coins.
The coins of Estonia exist so far only as draft. The introduction of the euro to Estonia - and thus the coins represented here - will take place at the earliest center 2006, the estnische central bank Eesti Pank estimates however that at the beginning of of 2007 for Estonia will be the most realistic date for euro-cash introduction.
The backs of the estnischen euro coins exhibit all the same Design, which was sketched by Lembit Lõhmus. It represents map-outlined from Estonia. The draft shows the mandatory 12 stars of the European Union, the embossing year and the estnische name for Estonia, Eesti. The artist of the draft justified its motive choice with the fact that it gives only few countries in Europe, which such an attractive and einprägsame outline such as Estonia have. The symbol is easy to notice. In the selective procedure the estnische population could participate. By Televoting the Esten between that had 4. and 11. To decide December 2004 the possibility, for one by the Eesti the Pank ten suggested Designs. The motive for winner, which had received most voices with 27,46 per cent, became to 17. December 2004 admits given. All ten choice suggestions are to be reread here.
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embossing place
after the request of Estonia for the coinage of the estnischen euro coins to all 15 past Münzprägeanstalten, which have the license for the coinage of euro coins, submitted the five embossing places Rahapaja Moneta (Finland), Royal Mint (united kingdom), the national coins Baden-Wuerttemberg (Germany), coin Austria (Austria) and the Monnaie de of Paris (France) their offer and applied thereby for the order.
In November 2005 the estnische central bank decided for the offer of the Rahapaja Moneta, since this suggested the lowest price for the production of the 100 million necessary euro coins for Estonia.
Web on the left of
euro zone: Belgium | Germany | Finland | France | Greece | Ireland | Italy | Luxembourg | The Netherlands | Austria | Portugal | Spain
future euro zone:
Estonia |
Latvia |
Lithuania |
Malta |
Poland |
Sweden |
Slowakei |
Slovenia |
Tschechien |
Hungary |
Cyprus
other one: Monaco | San Marino | Vatikan
