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 as state elder, which was the official title of Estonia’s head of state from 1920 to 1937
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 as state elder, which was the official title of Estonia’s head of state from 1920 to 1937
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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 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 the day
The Bank of Estonia has announced that they have ordered 10 million one-cent coins from the Kremnica Mint in Slovakia to meet the needs of merchants for low-value euro-cent coins to use with cash payments in the years ahead. As Estonians readily circulate five-cent coins and larger denominations routinely, the bank deems there are sufficient quantities of the other six denominations to meet the demands of the public
The Bank of Estonia has announced that they have ordered 10 million one-cent coins from the Kremnica Mint in Slovakia to meet the needs of merchants for low-value euro-cent coins to use with cash payments in the years ahead. As Estonians readily circulate five-cent coins and larger denominations routinely, the bank deems there are sufficient quantities of the other six denominations to meet the demands of the public
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 the position of president of the Bank of Estonia, Jaakson was arrested by the occupying Soviet authorities and imprisoned on the 14th June 1941
The Bank of Estonia has unveiled (14th June) the design that has been approved to mark the bicentenary anniversary of the first discovery of Antarctica, which will be celebrated in 2020. The bank chose the design submitted by graphic artists Tiiu Pirsko and Mati Veermets, who have previously designed Estonian coins marking the centenary anniversary of the Republic of Estonia and the silver collector’s coin issued for the Estonian Song Festival in 2009
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 against Russia, following the abdication of Czar Nicholas II in 1917 and the eventual break-up of the Russian Empire
The Bank of Estonia has revealed (9th January) the design that will be seen on the country’s next silver crown collector coin which will be dedicated to Hanseatic Viljandi. The winning design was submitted from a student who attends the Estonian Academy of Arts
The Bank of Estonia has revealed (9th January) the design that will be seen on the country’s next silver crown collector coin which will be dedicated to Hanseatic Viljandi. The winning design was submitted from a student who attends the Estonian Academy of Arts
The Bank of Estonia has announced (16th July) that they are releasing new 2018-dated circulating euro coins which include all of the currently circulating denominations from one cent to two-euro values. Prior to these newly dated coins, the majority of Estonian coins minted for circulation were dated “2011,” the year Estonia adopted the single currency
The Bank of Latvia have announced on Wednesday, 31st January 2018 that they are officially issuing two-euro commemorative coins dedicated to the centenary of independence anniversaries of the three Baltic States. This celebratory year heralds the 100th anniversary of the declaration of independence of the Latvian and Estonian states and also the 100th anniversary of the re-establishment of Lithuanian statehood
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 state from 1927 to 1933, and as foreign minister of Estonia from 1931 to 1932
The Bank of Estonia have announced (14th November), that, as part of the Country’s national celebration of their centenary of independence proclaimed in 1918, they will be issuing several coins consisting of a silver collector coin, a gold coin, and a two-euro coin with a special design for the anniversary of the Republic of Estonia. The bank unveiled the chosen designs for their gold and silver issues and confirmed they will also participate in a joint-issue which will include a two-euro coin
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
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
The Bank of Estonia has issued (22nd January) its silver crown coin paying tribute to the 150th anniversary of the birth of Jaan Poska, a leading figure in the movement that eventually led to Estonia’s independence from the Russian Empire in 1920. The new issue was first announced back in September
The Bank of Estonia has announced the issue of a new collector coin which is dedicated to the Estonian author Eduard Vilde (1865 – 1933) on the 150th anniversary of his birth. Vilde was one of the most revered figures in Estonian literature and is generally credited as being the country’s first professional writer
The Bank of Estonia have issued a new collector’s coin to mark the 150th anniversary of birth of one of the country’s most influential composers, choir leaders, and musicians, Miina Harma (1864 – 1941). Harma is credited with great contributions to the Estonian song festival – one of the largest amateur choral events in the world which is held every five years in July on the Tallinn Song Festival Grounds