Estonian euro coins

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Types of euro coins
Eurozone (and microstates which mint their own coins)
Austria \| Belgium
Finland \| France
Germany \| Greece
Ireland \| Italy
Luxembourg \| Monaco
Netherlands \| Portugal
San Marino \| Spain
Vatican
New Member States
Cyprus \| Czech Republic
Estonia \| Hungary
Latvia \| Lithuania
Malta \| Poland
Slovakia \| Slovenia
Acceding countries
Bulgaria \| Romania
Other
Andorra \| Sweden
Denominations
€0.01 \| €0.02 \| €0.05
€0.10 \| €0.20 \| €0.50
€1 \| €2
€2 commemorative coins
Note: Denmark and the UK currently opt to maintain their national currencies, the krone and the pound. Sweden has not made any effort towards its obligation to join after the failed referendum in 2003.

Estonian euro coins feature only a single design for all eight coins: This is a design by Lembit Lõhmus and features a map of Estonia together with the word Eesti (Estonia). The twelve stars surround this. This was the winning design in a public vote of ten announced in December 2004.

Estonian euro coins are not currently in circulation since Estonia does not yet use the euro as its currency. Estonia and the other nine states that joined the EU in 2004 have committed to adopting the euro. Of the ten new member states, Estonia was the first to unveil its design. It originally planned to adopt the euro on 1 January 2007; however, it did not formally apply when Lithuania and Slovenia did, and has since officially changed its target date to 1 January 2008.

For images of the common side and a detailed description of the coins, see Euro coins.