• Three thousand of the coins have been minted
• The price of one coin is 95 euros, and its face value is 15 euros.
• The coins will go on sale at 12.00 on 23 January in the Omniva online shop and the Eesti Pank museum shop
• Eesti Pank will present the coin at 13.00 on 23 January in the conference centre of the Hilton hotel at Kreutzwaldi 23, Tallinn. The coin and a set of postage stamps dedicated to the Olympic games will be presented at an event hosted by the Estonian Olympic Committee and the Italian embassy, where the promotional campaign for Milano Cortina 2026 will also be presented. Participation at the event is by invitation

Eesti Pank will release a silver collector coin on Friday 23 January 2026 dedicated to the Estonian athletes at the XXV Olympic Winter Games in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo. Eesti Pank has a long tradition of issuing collector coins for the Olympics, going back to 1992. The central bank has previously issued 13 Olympic coins.

The design of the coin reflects the founding ideal of the Olympics that sport serves not only for finding out who is the best, but also for bringing together different nations, parts of society, and individuals. A great result is not the achievement of the athlete alone, as they always have with them a team, spectators, competitors and supporters. The Olympic Games belong to everyone. The idea of inclusion is shown on the coin as a visual metaphor. The design resembles a boot-print in the snow, but is also a QR code that links to the website of the Estonian Olympic Committee, symbolising openness and access. The words EESTI VABARIIK, or Republic of Estonia, are written in Braille around the Estonian coat of arms and give the impression of falling snow. Each snowflake is individual but together they make a whole, just as differences can create a single strong and integrated unit.

The coin has a nominal value of 15 euros and has been minted by the Lithuanian Mint.

The silver coin was designed by Merilin Pedastsaar and Priit Pedastsaar. Merilin Pedastsaar is a metal artist, and graduated from the Jewellery and Blacksmithing department of the Estonian Academy of Arts. Priit Pedastsaar is an engineer working with protyping and small series production.

Merilin and Priit Pedastsaar work together for Ehemeri OÜ, where they make gold and silver coins and small series of metal artworks to individual orders. Their work brings together classical handicraft, modern technology, fashionable design and meaningful symbolism.

Further information:

• The coin for the Milano Cortina Olympics is a collector coin. Collector coins are mostly made of precious metals and commemorate important events or people for the issuing country. Collector coins are only legal tender in the country of issue. They are not intended for circulation, but rather for collecting or as gifts, and their selling price usually exceeds their nominal value.
• The Omniva customer service can be contacted by telephone on 661 6616 or by email at [email protected]. Customer service operates on working days from 09.00-20.00, and at weekends and on national holidays from 09.00–15.00.
• The Eesti Pank museum shop can be contacted on 668 0650
• The collector coins will on this occasion be packaged in plywood boxes. Eesti Pank has tested coin boxes made of plywood and has packaged coins in cardboard, and continues to work to find a permanent packaging solution that is stylish, local and sustainable.

Additional information:
Gerli Rauk
Communications officer
Eesti Pank
668 0842
[email protected]
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