Estonian euro coin production started at Mint of Finland

Mint of Finland won the call for tender for euro coin production organized by the Central Bank of Estonia in 2005. A public vote within Estonia decided the appearance of the coins and the design by Lembit Löhmus’s was chosen. All the coins feature the same theme incorporating an image of the map of Estonia with the word EESTI (Estonia) beneath. On the national side of the Estonian euro coins is the year of minting in addition to the 12 stars of the European Union. Estonia’s move to the euro has been a long and multi-staged process of which the final stage to adoption was the decision made 13.7.2010 by Ecofin, the EU’s economic and financial affairs council.

‘Mint of Finland and Eesti Pank have worked together for years. Finland has already been producing Estonian collector coins since 2004. We are very proud to have been chosen by Eesti Pank. Estonia is now the eighth country for which we produce euro coins. No other mint in the world has made euro coins for as many different countries as Mint of Finland,’ comments the Mint’s Managing Director Paul Gustafsson.

Mint of Finland is the leading mint within the Nordic and Baltic region, exporting to nearly 40 countries. Mint of Finland is the sole owner of AB Myntverket, the mint of Sweden, and has a 50-percent shareholding in the Norwegian Det Norske Myntverket. Mint of Finland is dedicated to designing, marketing and minting coins. The company is owned by the Finnish state. It encompasses two business units: Circulation Coins and Collector Items.

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Katriina Nieminen
Communications Trainee
Mint of Finland Ltd
Tel +358 400 316898
Email: katriina.nieminen@mint.fi

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Matti Rastas
Vice President
Mint of Finland Ltd
Tel +358 50 522 8982
Email: matti.rastas@mint.fi

Mint of Finland produces metal circulation coins, collector and special coins, coins sets, medals, badges of honour and jewellery. The group employs some 133 people and exports to nearly 40 countries. The year 2010 marks the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Mint by the order of Tsar Alexander II. During the jubilee year, Mint of Finland will issue five new collector coins, open an online boutique, and in October, Finns can discover how coins are minted at an exposition at the Finnish Science Centre Heureka. For further details about the jubilee year events, see our website at www.suomenrahapaja.fi