Talk:Estonian euro coins

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Just an opinion: Until 2007 if Estonia joins they could manage to change the design. How ugly and dull. Now seriously, if Estonia joins the Euro (a resonable possibility) the common face will change due to that? The common face only shows the 15 former member states... -Pedro 17:21, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, the common face of the Euro coins shows all of the EU members, not just the ones in the Eurozone (id est, it also shows Denmark and the United Kingdom). I imagine that when they update it, they will change it to show all 10 new members. In any case, it's more than a reasonable possibility that Estonia will join the Eurozone. To my knowledge, agreeing to join the Eurozone was a condition of their acceptance into the Union. Kairos 13:47, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Including the "Nordic dick" on the 1- and 2-Euro coins, since Norway, as a non-Eu country, was omitted... =P
 * Ah, yes. Sweden is on the coins as well. Kairos 02:13, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes it was a condition, but they must pass the criteria. These countries arent still full members, they have some conditions, they arent has integrated has most of the EU, it is not just the currency. So it can take a lot of time. Greece only get to join 2 years later, but in time for the physical launch. LOL, I just toke an Euro coin of my pocket and, in fact, Sweden and Finland form a dick. LOL. I never noticed! Fantastic, I going to use this has a game for where's wally? with some friends. --Pedro 13:16, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Agreed, that the design of Estonian Euro coins is quite boring and dull. And why would anyone think that national symbol or something that the country should be known about should be the country's borderlines? Everybody in Estonia knows what the country is shaped like, so there could be something more aesthetically pleasing and interesting (and ore variable as well. Every coin looks the same on the revers). And people outside Estonia just don't care about the shape of this country or just don't understand what it is. Something from cultural heritage would tell a lot more about a country and rise more interest. There were a lot of better (and more interesting) designs and they cold have been easily modified by adding the word Eesti or Estonia on them. I just don't understand. Could somebody explain?80.235.49.161 (talk) 16:55, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Of course I don't like that euro coins are becoming duller and plainer. I think that most people in euro zone would agree, that that the coins should be as beautiful and variable as possible.80.235.49.161 (talk) 16:55, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Don't waste your time on whining. These coins have been minted and are already in use. Guess the estonians had their chance to enrich the eurozone with something beautiful but blew it. Not a big thing though but a dissapointment for collectors at least.90.190.51.82 (talk) 12:47, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Actually the Estonian crown has been tied to the Deutsche Mark, and afterwards the euro, for ages. It shouldn't be a problem for Estonia to join the euro. Luis rib 14:58, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

How could the good people of Estonia choose this mindnumbingly dull design when there were plenty of other good choices available... --Bjarki 19:41, 2 March 2006 (UTC)


 * I completely agree, there is easily enough interesting stuff in Estonia to have a really good different face for each denomination. Is their government trying to make them the laughing stock of Europe? 86.136.88.33 17:05, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Lots of other states have rather boring designs, or a single design for all coins (e.g. Ireland's harp). There were better designs, in my opinion, but it's not that bad. &mdash; Nightst a  llion  (?) Seen this already? 11:22, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Interestingly, this design is one of only two that included the country's name, so that might have played a role. Do we have any information available about this? The first design on the list shows the name in both Estonian and English. Valentinian T / C 11:13, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually most people disliked the design...88.196.196.138 14:38, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
 * A newly introduced rule from the ECB reads: 'The national sides of all denominations of the euro circulation coins should bear an indication of the issuing Member State by means of the Member State’s name or an abbreviation of it.' The chosen design was the only one to comply with this, so that may be the reason it was selected. On the other hand, the design was apparently chosen by popular vote, and I can hardly believe that the wonderful Estonian people would choose this piece of rubbish (yep, nowhere even near objectivity anymore here...) over the other designs, virtually all of which were much better. The other designs could have been easily made to comply with the above mentioned rule by simply adding 'Eesti' to them. As far as I'm aware no Estonian coins have been minted yet, so it might not be too late to do what's right and reverse the decision. Bit cruel on the designer, but hey, for many people around the world these coins are going to be the first thing they ever see from Estonia so you certainly want it to be good. (Mind you, I'm from the Netherlands, so I really am in no position to give comments to other countries about bad Euro designs...) Vlaflipje1982 01:06, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
 * The Bank of Estonia have rearranged their website, but the choice of designs is still there. 217.147.82.28 (talk) 11:46, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

BetacommandBot 09:17, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Euro coin designs
Just out of curiosity, what is it about the design of both the Estonian and Dutch coin designs don't you like? Is it that you like the other Estonian coin designs better, or do you detest the design that was chosen? FYI: Estonia's coin design is pretty much set in plaster cast, as it were. The striking dies are being cast as we speak. --Theeuro 03:11, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

2€ edge
Can anyone upload that picture to wikipedia? It's picture of edge 2€ coin. http://www.zwei-euro.com/uploads/pics/Estland.jpg —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.6.150.26 (talk) 13:27, 31 October 2010 (UTC)


 * No, it is not! The currently shown one is correct (just checked from a real coin).&thinsp;&mdash;&thinsp;Pt&thinsp;(T) 04:32, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

A mistake in article
The article says that Estonia is the first of ex-soviet countries to have joined the eurozone.

Slovenia joined the eurozone in 2007 and Slovakia in 2009. Therefor Estonia doint that in 2011 is the third ex-soviet country in eurozone. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.131.20.130 (talk) 20:13, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

Edit: Sorry, I see now that it was not ex-Soviet country but ex-Soviet republic. Out of the three ex-Soviet republics in EU and all others that are not in EU Estonia really is the first to be in eurozone. Sorry for the fuzz. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.131.20.130 (talk) 20:21, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

Replaced dubious source
I've replaced a source that took to the archived version of, which is not a website of the National Bank of Estonia, and this fake name ('National Bank of Estonia') was also used as false attribution; the correct name of the institution is just Bank of Estonia. - Mardus /talk 03:24, 9 February 2019 (UTC)