Eesti Pank has announced a competition to design a collector coin dedicated to the work of composer Miina Härma, which will be open to individual designers or to groups.

At the suggestion of the advisory committee invited by Eesti Pank to consider ideas for commemorative coins and collector coins, Eesti Pank will this summer issue a silver collector coin dedicated to the Estonian composer, choir leader and organist Miina Härma. This year saw the 150^th anniversary of Miina Härma’s birth on 9 February.

“This collector coin lets the Estonian people remember their great composer, choir leader and music teacher. Miina Härma was also a part of the national movement and made an important contribution to our 145-year long tradition of song festivals and to the creation of our national flag 130 years ago”, explained Toomas Kiho, a member of the advisory committee.

The nominal value of the silver coin is 10 euros. The elements that must be included in the design are the national great coat of arms, the words “Eesti Vabariik” and the year 2014 on the obverse side, and the nominal value with the euro symbol (10€) on the reverse.

Designs for entry in the competition should be submitted by 14 March 2014 at noon to Eesti Pank at: Mündižürii, Eesti Pank, Estonia pst 13, 15095 Tallinn. 

The detailed technical, participation and assessment conditions and criteria

Participants in the design competition can submit more than one design per coin and the winners will be announced by the jury invited by Eesti Pank on 9 April 2014 at the latest. Once the coin is released, the winning designer will receive a prize of 2000 euros.

The advisory committee invited by Eesti Pank to consider ideas for commemorative coins and collector coins came together in December last year to assess proposals for coins and to give an expert opinion on the key events, anniversaries and people that Estonia should commemorate in the coming years and for which Eesti Pank could consider issuing commemorative or collector coins.

Eesti Pank is happy to receive suggestion for coins by post or email or through its website. The bank passes all the suggestions it receives to the advisory committee for analysis and expert opinion. The proposals of the advisory committee are used by the management of Eesti Pank when they decide on which commemorative and collector coins to issue.

The committee is chaired by Mart Laar, and its members are Aino Lepik von Wirén, Piret Õunapuu, Ivar Leimus, Raul Rebane, Toomas Kiho and Lauri Vahtre.

More information on the commemorative coins issued by Eesti Pank and be found on the Eesti Pank website.

Additional information:
Inga Soom
Cash and Infrastructure Department
Eesti Pank
Tel: 668 0837
[email protected]

Ingrid Mitt
Public Relations Office
Eesti Pank
Eurosystem
Tel: 668 0965, 512 6843
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