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<p>[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 1137983, member: 39"]What I find amazing about the Estonian euro and cent coins is that this somewhat monotonous set - the same design for all eight denominations! - was actually the winner of a public design vote. Other artists submitted three or even eight different designs, but this one won ...</p><p><br /></p><p>In order to make them a little less boring <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> the map of Estonia is incused on the cent coins but raised on the €1 and €2 coins. Also, the €2 piece shows two tiny islands that the other pieces to not show. Here are larger images of the three larger denominations:</p><p><br /></p><p>(50 cent) <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/images/coins/ee-050-2011.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/images/coins/ee-050-2011.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/images/coins/ee-050-2011.jpg</a></p><p>(1 euro) <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/images/coins/ee-100-2011.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/images/coins/ee-100-2011.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/images/coins/ee-100-2011.jpg</a></p><p>(2 euro) <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/images/coins/ee-200-2011.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/images/coins/ee-200-2011.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/images/coins/ee-200-2011.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="chrisild, post: 1137983, member: 39"]What I find amazing about the Estonian euro and cent coins is that this somewhat monotonous set - the same design for all eight denominations! - was actually the winner of a public design vote. Other artists submitted three or even eight different designs, but this one won ... In order to make them a little less boring ;) the map of Estonia is incused on the cent coins but raised on the €1 and €2 coins. Also, the €2 piece shows two tiny islands that the other pieces to not show. Here are larger images of the three larger denominations: (50 cent) [url]http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/images/coins/ee-050-2011.jpg[/url] (1 euro) [url]http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/images/coins/ee-100-2011.jpg[/url] (2 euro) [url]http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/images/coins/ee-200-2011.jpg[/url] Christian[/QUOTE]
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