Gentlemen, I introduce to you my coins of Estonia. These coins minted beetwen the WW I & WW II when Estonia was an independent republic at the first time. I hope, you"ll enjoy to see these rather rare (in USA coins).
During the 1918-1929 monetary system of Estonia was very simple. Only national currency was a mark. You can see this 3-mark coin 1925, nickel-bronze, mintage - 1134000.
In 1929 monetary system of Estonia was changed: 100 senti = 1 kroon. Though Estonia is a very small Baltic state (has an area about 45100 sq.km.), but Estonia"s coins are very nice, I think. 1 sent 1929, bronze, weight - 2 g., mintage - 23553000.
2 krooni 1930, silver .500, weight - 12 g., size - 30 mm, mintage - 1276000. "Toompea fortress at Tallinn."
Rather rare coin. 2 krooni 1932, silver .500, weight - 12 g., size - 30 mm, mintage - 100000. "Tercentenary - University of Tartu".
Once again, some great pieces. Thanks for showing them. The 1 kroon (Viking ship) and 2 krooni (Tallinn castle) coins I have too. The low denomination Estonian circulation coins were and are a little "monotonous" in my opinion - interesting but always the same basic design. (Next year, when the country introduces the euro, they will do something similar again: eight denominations, and they will all have a map of Estonia on the obverse ...) The collector coins are more attractive. By the way, Tartu University (see your last coin) was honored again in 2002, for the bicentennial of the 1802 reopening: Click here for a larger image (not mine) of the coin: http://unusualcoins.ee/Moneti Estonii/10 krooni 2002.JPG http://unusualcoins.ee/Moneti Estonii/10 krooni 2002a.JPG Christian
That's so true, Estonia will be the next Belgium in Eurozone . But that's good that they'll introduce euro coinage next year. Nowadays coins are quite hard to come by in Estonia (at least in tourist places) because they use low denomination banknotes instead of them. I haven't ever seen any 5 krooni coins in circulation, though it shouldn't be rare at all. But that's caused by the banknotes I'm sure.
1 mark 1924, nickel-bronze, weight - 2,6 g., size - 18 mm, thickness - 1,25 mm, mintage - 3964770 pcs. Engraver: B. Krummer. The single release only.
Hmm, my catalog has different mintage figures: 5,024,809 for the 1922 issue (same design, different alloy), and 1,984,760 for the one from 1924. I have one from that early series too (a 3 marka piece) but not in great condition ... Christian
5,024,809 is correct number for 1922 1 mark coins. Besides that, 22 specimens were made before the actual production took place. Also, if anybody interested, there are actually two varieties of 1922 1 mark coins - one has sharp endings at nominal 1, another version is with blunt endings (like 1924 coins). Regarding 1924 1 mark coins - 1,984,760 is partially true. This is the amount of coins made in 1924. But in 1926, before the coins with new design were made, additional batch of coins were made with "old" stamps (i.e. 1924 coins). So the final mintage for 1924 coins is 3,964,760 (+10 specimens) and 1926 mintage is 1,999,330 (+10 specimens)
Thanks for welcomes! Glad to be here And if anybody has any questions regarding Estonian coins, feel free to ask. Estonian coins are my speciality
