Being from LT I’ve seen a decent amount of the coins on the right. But I don’t think I have seen any of the middle or the left ones.
From left to right:
**Maapäev 1917** – It was Estonia’s first parliament like authority that represented the people of Estonia. They made many important desicions such as announcing Estonia’s independence.
**Laulupidu 150** – Commemorates 150 years passing from the first Estonian Song Festival. The Song Festival played a big part in Estonia’s national awakening and eventually freedom without bloodshed.
**Tartu Rahu** – The Treaty of Tartu is a peace treaty signed on 2 February 1920 between Estonia and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, ending the Estonian War of Independence. The terms of the treaty stated: “In consequence of the right of all peoples to self-determination, to the point of seceding completely from the State of which they form part, a right proclaimed by the Socialist and Federal Russian Republic of the Soviets, Russia unreservedly recognizes the independence and sovereignty of the State of Estonia, and renounces voluntarily and forever all sovereign rights possessed by Russia over the Estonian people and territory whether these rights be based on the juridical position that formerly existed in public law, or in the international treaties which, in the sense here indicated, lose their validity in future.” Ratifications of the treaty were exchanged in Moscow on 30 March 1920. It was registered in League of Nations Treaty Series on 12 July 1922.
One of the coolest things about the euro is when you are given coins from other countries they feel like a piece of that culture just made its way into your hands and that is a very good example of what I think the EU’s purpose is, to strengthen the connections between the member countries.
Plus they are shiny and pretty
I get the point, but how aren’t there obvious (with funny images) and less obvious fakes? Is it not worth the material?
People often forget that EU countries make lots of legit specials 2€ coins that you can buy for face value (or just a couple more euros to pay the middleman).
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Being from LT I’ve seen a decent amount of the coins on the right. But I don’t think I have seen any of the middle or the left ones.
From left to right:
**Maapäev 1917** – It was Estonia’s first parliament like authority that represented the people of Estonia. They made many important desicions such as announcing Estonia’s independence.
**Laulupidu 150** – Commemorates 150 years passing from the first Estonian Song Festival. The Song Festival played a big part in Estonia’s national awakening and eventually freedom without bloodshed.
[Here’s a video of the 150th celebration](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORkrkVZ2UbU)
**Tartu Rahu** – The Treaty of Tartu is a peace treaty signed on 2 February 1920 between Estonia and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, ending the Estonian War of Independence. The terms of the treaty stated: “In consequence of the right of all peoples to self-determination, to the point of seceding completely from the State of which they form part, a right proclaimed by the Socialist and Federal Russian Republic of the Soviets, Russia unreservedly recognizes the independence and sovereignty of the State of Estonia, and renounces voluntarily and forever all sovereign rights possessed by Russia over the Estonian people and territory whether these rights be based on the juridical position that formerly existed in public law, or in the international treaties which, in the sense here indicated, lose their validity in future.” Ratifications of the treaty were exchanged in Moscow on 30 March 1920. It was registered in League of Nations Treaty Series on 12 July 1922.
One of the coolest things about the euro is when you are given coins from other countries they feel like a piece of that culture just made its way into your hands and that is a very good example of what I think the EU’s purpose is, to strengthen the connections between the member countries.
Plus they are shiny and pretty
I get the point, but how aren’t there obvious (with funny images) and less obvious fakes? Is it not worth the material?
People often forget that EU countries make lots of legit specials 2€ coins that you can buy for face value (or just a couple more euros to pay the middleman).
One of my favorite : [2€ Greek coin to celebrate the Thermopylae battle](https://www.eurocoinhouse.com/media/catalog/product/cache/3/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/G/R/GR20-2EURO2.jpg)
Some others:
* [2€ Italian Galileo coin](https://fr.numista.com/catalogue/photos/italie/2308-original.jpg)
* [2€ Dutch Erasmus coin](https://assets.catawiki.nl/assets/2020/6/30/7/f/b/7fb0fc58-131b-423d-80c2-bfab3a26cfbe.jpg)
* And last but not least, a quite awesome [5€ honeycomb-style Latvia coin](https://www.eurofischer.de/WebRoot/Store7/Shops/61426499/5B10/60D5/BBC1/6E64/2B5F/0A0C/6D04/EC0E/Lettland_5_Euro_2018_Honey_Coin-1.jpg)
They are quite fun to collect, or to offer as a nice present for a kid ^ ^
I have these and will take them on my trip to Southern Europe soon 😉
[https://imgur.com/a/ud3Z1CN](https://imgur.com/a/ud3Z1CN)
always interesting to see how far the coin traveled.
Love the motives, some really nice organic designs
the TARANTULA coin is really interesting!
All these cool designs and we only get our king’s ugly mug.