2 Euro Commemorative coins Estonia 2022

150 years since the founding of the Society of Estonian Literati

The Obverse depicts an open book and on the page that is shown is the inscription 'KUI ME EI SAA SUUREKS RAHVAARVULT PEAME SAAMA SUUREKS VAIMULT' ('If we cannot be a great nation in population, we must be great in spirit'). The inscription picks up on a statement by Jakob Hurt, the first and longest-serving president of the Estonian Society of Literati. At the top is the circular inscription '150 EESTI KIRJAMEESTE SELTS' ('150 Estonian Society of Writers'). In the top right-hand corner are the minting year and the year '1872', positioned one below the other, with the former just above the page and the latter at the top of the page. On the outside part are placed 12 five-pointed stars, representing the European Union. The coin's Reverse is the new common side of Euro coins, with the face value '2' on the left and the European continent on the right, overlapped by the inscription 'EURO'. Six vertical lines with a star at each end are placed behind the Europe's image.
Edge: finely milled, with the inscription *EESTI* in incuse, alternating from bottom to top and vice versa.
Diameter: 25,75 mm
Thickness: 2,20 mm
Weight: 8,5 g
Composition: bimetallic coin (outer part: copper-nickel, inner part: nickel-brass).

35 years of the Erasmus Programme

The Obverse depicts two key elements of the Erasmus programme, a European Union student mobility project aimed at university students. On the right is Erasmus of Rotterdam (Dutch humanist and philosopher), in one of his best-known portraits, after whom the programme was named because of his numerous journeys throughout Europe, with the aim of learning about its different cultures. The effigy of the theologian is superimposed on a net that crosses the coin from one point to the other, which is intended to represent the cultural and human exchanges between European students; on the left-hand side, thanks to a special type of graphics, the number '35' appears (to identify the 35th anniversary). Superimposed over the portrait are the circular inscriptions '1987-2022', 'ERASMUSE' and 'PROGRAMM' on three lines, while further down, adjacent to the inner border, is the inscription 'EESTI'. Above the philosopher's right hand are the author's initials 'J.J.'. On the outside part are placed 12 five-pointed stars, representing the European Union. The coin's Reverse is the new common side of Euro coins, with the face value '2' on the left and the European continent on the right, overlapped by the inscription 'EURO'. Six vertical lines with a star at each end are placed behind the Europe's image.
Edge: finely milled, with the inscription *EESTI* in incuse, alternating from bottom to top and vice versa.
Diameter: 25,75 mm
Thickness: 2,20 mm
Weight: 8,5 g
Composition: bimetallic coin (outer part: copper-nickel, inner part: nickel-brass).

Glory to Ukraine

The Obverse depicts a stylised image of a woman holding a small bird in her hand, wishing to protect it; two ears of wheat to the right of the female figure complete the design. In the upper part, towards the left, is the circular inscription 'SLAVA UKRAINI' ('Glory to Ukraine', in Ukrainian). In the lower part, inside the design and adjacent to the inner edge, is the arched inscription 'EESTI', followed by the minting year. On the outside part are placed 12 five-pointed stars, representing the European Union. The coin's Reverse is the new common side of Euro coins, with the face value '2' on the left and the European continent on the right, overlapped by the inscription 'EURO'. Six vertical lines with a star at each end are placed behind the Europe's image.
Edge: finely milled, with the inscription *EESTI* in incuse, alternating from bottom to top and vice versa.
Diameter: 25,75 mm
Thickness: 2,20 mm
Weight: 8,5 g
Composition: bimetallic coin (outer part: copper-nickel, inner part: nickel-brass).