The Bank of Estonia has released new silver Proof collector coins, which pay tribute to the country’s dedicated farming families who are some of the most prolific producers of food in the world. For most of Estonia’s history, it was agriculture which was the primary source of work and revenue for a country situated in […]
Estonia: Winning designs unveiled for silver coins in 2021 honour statesman Friedrich Karl Akel
The Bank of Estonia has unveiled (9th June) designs for next year’s silver Proof collector coins which will honour prominent statesman Friedrich Karl Akel (1871–1941), on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of his birth. Akel was an Estonian diplomat and politician, a member of the International Olympic Committee, and in 1924 he was named […]
Estonia: Commemorative €2 coin designs announced and unveiled by Central Bank
The Bank of Estonia unveiled (9th June) the two designs scheduled for release in 2021, as well as focusing on their themes and background for the subjects depicted. The Bank of Estonia, which operates as part of the European Union’s euro-system of banks and is part of the euro-zone, is entitled to issue two separate […]
Estonia: 100th anniversary of the University of Tartu celebrated on new €2 coins
The Bank of Estonia has officially launched (19th November) their second commemorative two-euro coin for 2019 which is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the re-establishment of the University in Tartu. As part of the official launch, a special strike was presented in the White Hall of the Tartu University Museum at 12:00 pm on […]
Estonia: Design for 2020-dated memorial coin to statesman Juri Jaakson unveiled
The Bank of Estonia has unveiled (17th June) the successfully submitted design for planned €15 silver coins to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Estonian statesman Juri Jaakson (1870–1942), who emerged as a prominent figure before and after Estonian independence in 1918. During the outbreak of the Second World War, and while in […]
Estonia unveils 2020 €2 commemorative design in celebration of Tartu Peace Treaty centenary anniversary
The Bank of Estonia unveiled (2nd May) the winning design for next year’s commemorative €2 coin which is scheduled to be issued in celebration of the centenary anniversary of the Tartu Peace Treaty. Signed on the 2nd February 1920, the treaty formally recognised Estonian independence, which was won after the Baltic nation fought a war […]
Estonia announces competition to design a coin dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of statesman Jaan Tõnisson
The Bank of Estonia (Eesti Pank) have announced (22nd December) a competition to design a silver collector coin which will be dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of the Estonian statesman Jaan Tõnisson, (1868-1941). Tõnisson is remembered as having served as the prime minister of Estonia twice during 1919 and 1920, as Estonia’s head of […]
Estonia: Release of pre-independence anniversary coins announced
The Bank of Estonia have announced (20th June) that they will make available their much-anticipated €2 commemorative coins celebrating the events preceding Estonia’s centenary of independence on 26th June, with the coin entering circulation thereafter. The design for this new commemorative coin is dedicated to the events that preceded Estonia’s declaration of independence. On the […]
Estonia: Winning €2 coin design unveiled celebrating centenary of Independence
The supervisory board of the Bank of Estonia (Eesti Pank) have confirmed the winning designs in their competition for the €2 coin dedicated to the centenary anniversary of the Republic of Estonia, which will be officially celebrated in February 2018. (This coin is separate from the joint commemorative issue of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, reported […]
Estonia–Latvia–Lithuania unveil new joint-issue €2 coin celebrating Independence centenary anniversary
As part of the upcoming centenary anniversary being observed by the three Baltic Republics, each of their central banks will issue a commemorative €2 coin with a single design relevant to all three countries. The new coin was unveiled on the 11th April, with the winning design from a competition open to anyone interested in casting […]
