• 4000 of the coins have been minted
• The silver coin has a nominal value of 14 euros and will be on sale for 54 euros
• The coin will go on sale at 11.00 on 6 June in the Omniva online shop and at 12.00 in the Eesti Pank museum shop

On 6 June Eesti Pank will release a silver collector coin that is dedicated to the Estonian farming couple, who symbolise the most important and most typical social archetype in the history of the Estonian state, and are intertwined with the quest for independence and sovereignty. “Independent smallholding farming families have had an extraordinarily important position in Estonian history. Such a status gave people a high position in the hierarchy of local society. Estonian farms started to be bought outright on a large scale in the middle of the 19th century, and the farming family became one of Estonian society’s driving economic and social forces”, observed Raul Rebane, who is a member of the panel that assesses proposals for collector and commemorative coins at the central bank.

The silver coin dedicated to the Estonian farming couple was designed by Riho Luuse, who has earlier designed other collector coins for Eesti Pank. “In the centre of the coin there is a farming couple, who ran the farm, made the decisions, owned it and took responsibility for it. They are encircled by a swirl of farm buildings, domesticated animals, a creaking garden gate, and a well with a well pole. All of them are linked by an unbroken thread. The farm is family, home, work, love, and a way of thinking, and the independent Estonian farm was the foundation of the independent Estonian state”, he explained. The obverse side of the coin shows the coat of arms of the Republic of Estonia, a pair of barn swallows and the year 2023. The proof quality silver (Ag 925) collector coin weighs 28.28 grams and is 38.61 mm in diameter, and 4000 of the coins have been minted. The coin has a nominal value of 14 euros and sells for 54 euros and was minted by the Lithuanian mint.

The collector coin will be on sale in the Omniva online shop from 11.00 on 6 June and in the Eesti Pank museum shop from 12.00 on the same day.

Further information:

• The coin dedicated to the Estonian farming couple 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, at their nominal value. They are not intended for circulation, but rather for collecting or as gifts, and their selling price usually exceeds their nominal value.
• The Eesti Pank Museum shop at Estonia pst 11, Tallinn is open from Tuesdays to Fridays 12.00-17.00 and on Saturdays 11.00-16.00. The museum shop can be contacted by telephone on 668 0650 or by email at [email protected]. The Omniva customer service can be contacted by telephone on 661 6616 or by email at [email protected].