Eesti Pank is calling for designs for a silver coin dedicated to the Finnish Boys, and for one dedicated to Otto Strandman
Eesti Pank is holding a competition to design silver collector coins for the Finnish Boys, and for...

Hansab is affected by a cyber incident but bank services in Estonia are operating
Hansab services were being restored on Monday morning and banking services continue to operate....

Eesti Pank is calling for designs for a silver coin dedicated to Lilli Suburg
Eesti Pank is calling for designs for a silver coin dedicated to Lilli Suburg, the ground-breaking...

Eesti Pank is issuing a silver coin for the 150th anniversary of the birth of Konstantin Päts
5000 of the coins have been minted Each coin will cost 55 euros and have a nominal value of 15...

Eesti Pank issued 241 million euros of cash in the fourth quarter of last year
In the fourth quarter of 2023 Eesti Pank issued 7.3 million banknotes into circulation with a total...

Euro counterfeits in Estonia
There were 264 counterfeit euro banknotes discovered in Estonia in 2023, which was 198 fewer than in...

Eesti Pank is calling for designs for a two-euro commemorative coin „The Estonian Literary Language 500“
Eesti Pank is announcing a competition to design a two-euro circulation coin „The Estonian Literary...

Eesti Pank is dedicating new collector coin series to Resistance and Women
Eesti Pank will launch two new series of collector coins in 2025. A silver coin for the Finnish Boys...

The Omniva coin collection campaign will continue in the new year
Eesti Pank and Omniva will continue their coin exchange service in the first part of 2024. Coins can...

Research shows that people and businesses in Estonia have a high opinion of the payment solutions available
Tiina Soosalu, Eesti Pank expert on developing payments Martti Näksi, Head of the Cash Handling...

Eesti Pank is issuing a silver coin dedicated to Konstantin Konik
On 12 December Eesti Pank will release a silver collector coin to mark the 150th anniversary of the...

The coin collecting campaign collected 2.2 million coins by the end of October
The coin collecting campaign run jointly throughout September and October by Eesti Pank and Omniva...

The coin collecting campaign will no longer be free and a service fee will apply from Thursday
The coin collecting campaign run jointly by Eesti Pank and Omniva will have reached its first major...

Eesti Pank and Omniva are launching a campaign to collect a million coins
The pilot programme for exchanging coins in the Tallinn Järve and Tartu Kvartali post offices...

Almost half of the coins issued by the central bank in the second quarter were one and two-cent coins
Eesti Pank issued 7.3 million coins with a total value of 3.1 million euros into circulation in the...

Eesti Pank approved the designs for the two-euro coin dedicated to the Estonian national flower, the cornflower, and the collector coin for the Olympic Games in Paris
The Supervisory Board of Eesti Pank approved the design by Kaupo Kangro as the winning design in the...

People wanting to exchange their gold coins for the Livonian Diet can do so until the end of July
People who bought the gold coin for the Livonian Diet last October can exchange the coin in the...

Eesti Pank is issuing a silver collector coin dedicated to the Estonian farming couple
4000 of the coins have been minted The silver coin has a nominal value of 14 euros and will be...

Eesti Pank is issuing a two-euro coin on 12 May dedicated to the Estonian national bird, the barn swallow
The coin will enter circulation through banks and shops on 12 May One million of the coins will...

Eesti Pank issued 229 million euros of cash in the first quarter of the year
In the first quarter of 2023 Eesti Pank issued 6.4 million banknotes into circulation with a total...

Eesti Pank approved the designs for the silver and gold collector coins for the Hanseatic town of Tartu
The Supervisory Board of Eesti Pank approved the design by Svetlin Georgiev Balezdrov as the winner...

Eesti Pank is starting to reissue the gold coins for the Livonian Diet
Eesti Pank is starting this week to issue replacement coins for the gold coins for the Livonian Diet...

Eesti Pank transferred the next part of the sales revenue from its coin cards to Ukraine
Eesti Pank transferred a further 140,550 euros received from sales of the coin card holding the...

Eesti Pank is calling for designs for a two-euro coin dedicated to the national flower
Eesti Pank is announcing a competition to design a two-euro circulation coin dedicated to the...

Eesti Pank issued 202 million euros of cash in the fourth quarter of the year
In the fourth quarter of 2022 Eesti Pank issued 6.05 million banknotes into circulation with a total...

Euro counterfeits in Estonia
There were 462 counterfeit euro banknotes discovered in Estonia in 2022, which was 199 more than in...

Eesti Pank is seeking a design for a collector coin for the Olympic Games in Paris
Eesti Pank is announcing a competition to design a silver collector coin dedicated to the Estonian...

Survey shows that Estonians have equal preference for paying in cash or by card
Tiina Soosalu, Payment and Settlement Systems Department Kristjan Lember, cash analyst The...

Eesti Pank is calling for designs for a silver coin and a gold coin dedicated to Hanseatic Tartu
Eesti Pank is holding a competition to design silver and gold collector coins for the Hanseatic town...

Two-euro coins dedicated to Ukraine enter circulation from today
Eesti Pank is today issuing two million of the two-euro coins with a special design dedicated to...

People and businesses could be better prepared for disruptions to cash and payment services
The Estonian Payment Forum held a discussion last week organised by Eesti Pank on access to cash and...

Eesti Pank is issuing a coin folder for the centenary of the Estonian Border Guard
A coin folder to mark the centenary of the Estonian Border Guard will go on sale on 24 November and...

Eesti Pank issued 215 million euros of cash in the third quarter of the year
In the third quarter of 2022 Eesti Pank issued 6.3 million banknotes into circulation with a total...

Eesti Pank is halting sales of the gold coin for Livonia because of an error in production
Eesti Pank is halting sales of the gold coin for the Livonian Diet through the online store and the...

Eesti Pank is issuing a gold collector coin dedicated to the Livonian Diet
On 25 October Eesti Pank will release a gold collector coin to mark the 600th anniversary of the...

Estonia gave Ukraine 350,000 euros from the sales of the two-euro coin card
Eesti Pank marked Ukrainian independence day by transferring the first 354,117 euros received from...

Eesti Pank issued 271 million euros of cash in the second quarter of 2022
In the second quarter of 2022 Eesti Pank issued 7.2 million banknotes into circulation with a total...

STATISTICAL RELEASE. Estonian residents spent over 300 million euros more by bankcard in points of sale in Estonia than they did in the previous quarter
Eesti Pank publishes payment statistics every month. Once per quarter a separate statistical release...

Eesti Pank is calling for designs for a silver collector coin dedicated to Konstantin Päts
Eesti Pank has announced a competition to design a silver collector coin dedicated to the 150th...

The coin card featuring the two-euro coin for Ukraine went on sale
Please note: The coin card can also be purchased from the Eesti Pank museum shop from 26 July. On...

The coin card featuring the two-euro coin for Ukraine goes on sale
On Friday, Eesti Pank starts selling the coin card featuring the two-euro coin dedicated to Ukraine...

Two-euro coins with a commemorative design for the Erasmus+ student mobility programme enter circulation on Friday
On Friday, Eesti Pank will release a two-euro circulation coin that has a special design on it...

Eesti Pank is calling for designs for a silver coin dedicated to Konstantin Konik
Eesti Pank is holding a competition to design a collector coin dedicated to the 150th anniversary of...

Eesti Pank is putting historical kroon collector coins on sale
Eesti Pank is putting on sale collector coins denominated in kroons to mark the 30th anniversary of...

Eesti Pank has approved the designs of the coins that will be issued in 2023
The Supervisory Board of Eesti Pank approved the design by Kaupo Kangro for the two-euro circulation...

Two-euro coins with a commemorative design for the Erasmus+ student mobility programme enter circulation
The coin will enter circulation in Estonia through banks and shops on 1 July The two-euro coin...

Eesti Pank issued 336 million euros of cash in the first quarter of the year
In the first quarter of 2022 Eesti Pank issued 8.9 million banknotes into circulation with a total...

The two-euro coin for Ukraine will use a design by a student refugee from the war
Eesti Pank is planning to issue into circulation a two-euro coin dedicated to Ukraine and freedom...

STATISTICAL RELEASE. People in Estonia withdrew cash less often in the first quarter, but in larger amounts
Eesti Pank publishes payment statistics every month. Once per quarter a separate statistical release...

The two-euro coin issued by Eesti Pank to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Society of Estonian Literati is in circulation from today
The coin will enter circulation through banks and shops from today One million of the coins...

Eesti Pank is issuing a two-euro coin commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Society of Estonian Literati
The coin will enter circulation through banks and shops on 9 March One million of the coins...

Eesti Pank issued 245 million euros of cash in the fourth quarter of last year
In the fourth quarter of 2021 Eesti Pank issued 6.7 million banknotes into circulation with a total...

Eesti Pank is issuing a silver coin for the 150th anniversary of the birth of Admiral Johan Pitka
Three thousand of the coins have been minted Each coin will cost 45 euros and have a nominal...

Eesti Pank is calling for designs for a commemorative coin and a collector coin
Eesti Pank has announced competitions to design a silver collector coin dedicated to the Estonian...

The silver coin for the Olympic Games in Beijing will go on sale today (SOLD OUT)
The silver collector coin is SOLD OUT (added 06.01) The coin will go on sale at 11.00 on...

The silver coin for the Olympic Games in Beijing will go on sale at the start of next year
Three thousand of the coins have been minted Each coin costs 45 euros and up to three can be...

The amounts of cash issued by Eesti Pank are larger than they were in the last quarter
In the third quarter of 2021 Eesti Pank issued 9.1 million banknotes into circulation with a total...

Eesti Pank is issuing a two-euro coin dedicated to the Estonian national animal, the wolf
The coin will enter circulation through banks and shops on 20 October One million of the coins...

Eesti Pank is issuing a two-euro coin dedicated to the Estonian national animal, the wolf
The coin will enter circulation through banks and shops on 20 October One million of the coins...

Eesti Pank will issue the 2021 two-cent and 20-cent coins into circulation
Eesti Pank will this week start to issue into circulation two-cent and 20-cent circulation coins...

UPDATED! The silver coin for the 150th anniversary of the birth of Estonian statesman Friedrich Karl Akel will go on sale from today
From 9 September the collector coin will also be on sale in the shop of the Eesti Pank Museum. Up...

Eesti Pank issued 255 million euros of cash in the second quarter
The total issuance of banknotes from Eesti Pank in the second quarter of 2021 was 20.5% less that in...

The two-euro coin with a special Finno-Ugric design enters circulation today
The coin will enter circulation through banks and shops from today One million of the coins...

Eesti Pank is issuing a two-euro coin for the Finno-Ugric peoples into circulation
The coin will enter circulation through banks and shops on 16 June One million of the coins...

Eesti Pank issued 217 million euros of cash in the first quarter
Eesti Pank issues banknotes and coins into circulation in response to demand. The central bank...

Eesti Pank has confirmed the designs of the collector coins for next year
The panel invited by Eesti Pank has chosen the winning entries in the design competitions for three...

The two-euro coin for the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Society of Estonian Literati will use the design by Riho Luuse
Next year will mark 150 years since the Society of Estonian Literati was founded, and Eesti Pank is...

The silver coin dedicated to Hanseatic Pärnu is to go on sale
4000 of the coins will be minted The coin will cost 45 euros and has a nominal value of 8...

There are still two weeks to submit designs for four coins
Eesti Pank is accepting entries to the four coin design competitions announced in December until 26...

Eesti Pank issued 319 million euros of cash in the fourth quarter of 2020
The central bank issued more than 317 million euros of banknotes into circulation in the fourth...

The silver coin dedicated to Hanseatic Pärnu will use the design by Aidi Mesi
The competition to design a silver coin dedicated to Hanseatic Pärnu was won by Aidi Mesi. The Eesti...

Eesti Pank issued 325 million euros of cash in the third quarter of 2020
Martti Näksi cash analyst The central bank issued...

Eesti Pank will issue the 2020 two-cent and 20-cent coins into circulation
Eesti Pank will this week start to issue into circulation new two-cent and 20-cent circulation coins...

Eesti Pank issued 318 million euros of cash in the second quarter of 2020
Martti Näksi cash analyst at Eesti Pank The central...

The two-euro commemorative coin for the Finno-Ugric peoples will use a design by Al Paldrok and Madis Põldsaar
The two-euro commemorative coin for the Finno-Ugric peoples will use a design by the artists Al...

The silver collector coin dedicated to Friedrich Karl Akel will use a design by Kristo Kooskora
The silver collector coin dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of the statesman Friedrich...

The two-euro commemorative coin dedicated to the Estonian national animal, the wolf, will use a design by Maria Meos
The two-euro commemorative coin dedicated to the Estonian national animal, the wolf, will use a...

The issue of the collector coin for the Tokyo Olympic Games is being postponed
Following the postponement of the summer Olympics in Tokyo, the Eesti Pank programme of issuing...

Eesti Pank is calling for designs for a silver coin dedicated to Hanseatic Pärnu
Eesti Pank has announced a competition to design a collector coin dedicated to Hanseatic Pärnu,...

Eesti Pank issued 208 million euros of cash in the first quarter of 2020
Martti Näksi Eesti Panga cash analyst at Eesti...

Eesti Pank says that cash is circulating without interruption
Eesti Pank is in constant contact with the banks and all the ATMs are working without interruption,...

Eesti Pank is issuing two-euro coins with special designs for the Estonian national animal, the wolf, and for the Finno-Ugric peoples
Eesti Pank is announcing two competitions to design two-euro coins with special designs that will be...

Eesti Pank is calling for designs for a silver coin dedicated to Friedrich Akel
Eesti Pank has announced a competition to design a collector coin dedicated to the 150th anniversary...

Eesti Pank today presented the two-euro commemorative coin dedicated to the Tartu Peace Treaty
Eesti Pank today gave a presentation of the two-euro commemorative coin dedicated to the centenary...

Eesti Pank presented the two euro coin dedicated to the discovery of Antarctica
Eesti Pank today gave a presentation of the two-euro commemorative coin dedicated to the 200th...

Eesti Pank is issuing a two-euro coin commemorating the centenary of the Tartu Peace Treaty
One million of the coins will be minted There will be 10,000 coin cards issued, which will sell...

Eesti Pank is issuing a two-euro coin commemorating the discovery of Antarctica
750,000 coins will be minted There will be 10,000 coin cards issued, which will sell for 10...

Eesti Pank today presented the silver collector coin dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of Jüri Jaakson
The silver collector coin is SOLD OUT (added 10.01) Eesti Pank presented the silver collector...

The silver coin dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of the Estonian Head of State Jüri Jaakson is to go on sale
The silver collector coin is SOLD OUT (added 10.01) Three thousand of the coins will be...

Eesti Pank finds that about 5% of people in Estonia get their incomes in cash
The majority of the population most commonly pay for their everyday purchases with a bankcard or...

Eesti Pank is issuing a two-euro coin on 19 November dedicated to the centenary of the first Estonian-language university
One million of the coins will be minted There will be 7500 coin cards, which will sell for 10...

The exhibition opening at Eesti Pank contains a silver coin weighing one kilogram
The exhibition opening at 12.00 on Friday 1 November in the Eesti Pank museum at Estonia pst 11...

Eesti Pank is issuing 10 million one-cent coins into circulation
Eesti Pank ordered 10 million one cent coins from the Slovakian mint to cover the needs of merchants...

Number of counterfeit banknotes falling in Estonia
In Estonia, 117 counterfeit euro banknotes were removed from circulation during the first half of...

The coin dedicated to the centenary of Estonia’s National University will use a design by Indrek Ilves
The Eesti Pank Supervisory Board approved the design for the two-euro commemorative coin dedicated...

Eesti Pank is seeking a design for a collector coin for the Olympic Games in Tokyo
Eesti Pank is holding a competition to design a collector coin dedicated to the Estonian athletes at...

The silver coin dedicated to Jüri Jaakson will use the design by Anna Roomet, Risto Tali and Rait Siska
The Eesti Pank Supervisory Board approved the design by Anna Roomet, Risto Tali and Rait Siska for...

The two-euro commemorative coin for the discovery of Antarctica will use the design by Tiiu Pirsko and Mati Veermets
The Eesti Pank Supervisory Board approved the design by Tiiu Pirsko and Mati Veermets for the...

Eesti Pank will present the silver coin dedicated to Viljandi during the Viljandi Hansa days
Eesti Pank will present a silver collector coin dedicated to the Hansa town of Viljandi in Viljandi...

Eesti Pank is opening its doors to sell the Song Celebration coin
On 29 May Eesti Pank will issue into circulation a two-euro circulation coin dedicated to the 150th...

Eesti Pank is issuing one million two-euro Song Celebration coins into circulation
On 29 May at 11.00, Eesti Pank will present the two-euro circulating coin dedicated to the 150th...

The silver coin for Johann Voldemar Jannsen has the opening words of the Estonian national anthem on it
On 16 May at 13.00, Eesti Pank will present the silver collector coin dedicated to the 200th...

The silver collector coin dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the birth of Johann Voldemar Jannsen will be presented in the Pärnu Museum
The silver coin will cost 40 euros and have a nominal value of 12 euros Sales of the coin will...

The two-euro commemorative coin dedicated to the centenary of the Tartu Peace Treaty will use a design by Ivar Sakk
The Eesti Pank Supervisory Board approved the design for the two-euro commemorative coin dedicated...

Access to cash in rural regions has improved
Tiina Soosalu Eesti Pank Payment and Settlement Systems...

Eesti Pank is inviting entries for a competition to design a collector coin for Jüri Jaakson
Both individuals and groups of designers are welcome to participate in the design competition for...

The silver coin dedicated to Hanseatic Viljandi will use a design by a student from the Estonian Academy of Arts
The panel convened by Eesti Pank declared Elisabeth Juusu, a student at the Estonian Academy of...

Eesti Pank is holding two simultaneous competitions to design commemorative coins
Eesti Pank is inviting submissions of designs for two two-euro commemorative coins, one dedicated to...

Eesti Pank is calling for designs for a commemorative coin dedicated to the University of Tartu
Eesti Pank has announced a competition to design a two-euro commemorative coin dedicated to the...

The central bank is releasing new 2018 circulating euro coins
Five-cent coins and other larger-value circulating coins so far bore the year number 2011 – the year...

The collector coin dedicated to Johann Voldemar Jannsen will use the design of Heino Prunsvelt
The Supervisory Board of Eesti Pank approved the design ‘Papa Jannsen’ by Heino Prunsvelt as the...

Eesti Pank announces a competition to design a collector coin for Johann Voldemar Jannsen
Eesti Pank has announced a competition to design a collector coin dedicated to the 200th anniversary...

The drawing competition for the two-euro coin dedicated to the Song Celebration was won by a girl from Tõrva
The winner of the competition, Grete-Lisette Gulbis, got some 2900 votes from the public Over...

Some 6000 people have already nominated their favourite design in the public vote for the Song Celebration coin, which has just a few days left to run
There have so far been 5955 votes cast in the public vote to choose a design for the two-euro...

Eesti Pank received 750 visitors yesterday
Eesti Pank opened its doors on 19 February for four hours to present the two-euro circulating coin...

Eesti Pank will present the gold and silver coins dedicated to the centenary of the Republic of Estonia in Narva on 21 February (SOLD OUT)
The gold collector coin, silver collector coin and coin set are SOLD OUT (added 23.02) Eesti...

The central bank is opening its doors for the presentation of the two-euro coin dedicated to the centenary of the Republic of Estonia
Eesti Pank is issuing a two-euro coin with a special design on 19 February to celebrate the...

It is time to talk about reducing the use of one and two-cent coins
People receive one and two-cent coins as change from shops but very rarely use them for paying...

Collector coins and stamps for the Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang will go on sale in the museum of Eesti Pank on 12 January
The collector coin for the Pyeongchang Olympic games will cost 40 euros They can be bought from...

Coins can be ordered from the new online shop for delivery to a parcel machine or by courier
From 2 January Eesti Pank coins and collectibles will be available in the updated Omniva online...

Eesti Pank announces a competition to design a collector coin for Jaan Tõnisson
Eesti Pank has announced a competition to design a silver collector coin dedicated to the 150th...

People are used to paying with bankcards, but still would not like to see a cashless society
The incomes and pensions of 90% of people in Estonia are paid by bank transfer, and only 4% in...

Silver and gold coins and two circulating coins are to be issued for the centenary of the Republic of Estonia
Eesti Pank is issuing four coins for the centenary of the Republic of Estonia in 2018, with a silver...

Eesti Pank will issue ten new coins in the next two years
The Eesti Pank Executive Board confirmed the programme of issuing collector and commemorative coins...

A two-euro commemorative coin dedicated to Estonian independence will enter circulation on 26 June
NB! The coin card for the two-euro coin dedicated to Estonian independence has sold out in the...

The two-euro coin for the centenary of Estonia will have the official centenary logo
The Supervisory Board of Eesti Pank confirmed the winning designs in the design competitions for the...

The common Baltic two-euro coin will feature the design by Lithuanian designer Justas Petrulis
The coin design of the Baltic sisters with plaited hair by the Lithuanian designer Justas...

Eesti Pank is issuing the new fifty-euro banknote into circulation today
The new fifty-euro notes enter into circulation from today The first series of fifty-euro...

The Supervisory Board of Eesti Pank approved the design of two coins
The winning design for the two-euro commemorative coin dedicated to the events that preceded...

Eesti Pank is holding a seminar on coin design
A seminar on coin design will be held by Eesti Pank on Wednesday 22 March at 11.00. The seminar is...

Businesses need to be ready for the new 50-euro banknotes in less than a month
Fifty-euro notes account for 36% of the total number of euro banknotes in circulation The main...

Eesti Pank is presenting the new fifty-euro note today and on Thursday in Tallinn
At 15.00 today and on Thursday, Eesti Pank is hosting a free seminar in the museum of the central...

Low-value coins dated with the current year are to enter circulation
In 2017 Eesti Pank is extending its stock of circulating coins and has minted additional 1, 2, 5 and...

Eesti Pank announces a competition to design silver and gold collector coins for the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Republic of Estonia
Eesti Pank will issue a silver collector coin and a gold one for the 100th anniversary of the...

Eesti Pank is presenting the new fifty-euro note today in Võru
At 13.00 today, Eesti Pank is hosting a free seminar in the library in Võru for businesses to get to...

Two two-euro commemorative coins will be issued into circulation for the anniversary of Estonia and the Baltic states
The number minted of two-euro coins dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Republic of Estonia...

Eesti Pank is inviting merchants to training seminars to introduce the new fifty-euro note
In the next few weeks Eesti Pank will be organising free training seminars across Estonia for...

Eesti Pank announces two competitions to design coins
Eesti Pank is announcing competitions to design a two-euro commemorative coin dedicated to the 100th...

Eesti Pank announces a competition to design a jointly-issued two-euro commemorative coin for the three Baltic states
Eesti Pank is announcing a competition to design a two-euro commemorative coin dedicated to the...

Entries can be submitted for the design competition for the commemorative coin until the end of January
Entries can be submitted for the competition to design a two-euro commemorative coin...

The collector coins dedicated to Hanseatic Tallinn will be on sale from 9 February
There will be two collector coins dedicated to Hanseatic Tallinn, a silver coin with a nominal...

There are three months left to prepare for the arrival of the new fifty-euro note
At the start of April, Eesti Pank and the other central banks of the euro area will release a new...

Eesti Pank announces a competition to design a two-euro commemorative coin
Eesti Pank is announcing a competition to design a two-euro commemorative coin...

The new €50 banknote will need cash handling equipment to be upgraded
On 4 April 2017, the central banks of the euro area, including Eesti Pank, will release a new...

A coin folder and first day cover are to be released to commemorate 25 years since Estonia regained independence
The coin folder for the anniversary of Estonia regaining independence contains Estonian euro...

Eesti Pank is releasing a set of euro coins to celebrate the anniversary of Estonia’s re-independence
A set of Estonian euro coins dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Estonia’s re-independence is...

The collector coin for the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro has gone on sale in the museum of Eesti Pank today
The collector coin for the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro has gone on sale in the...

The silver and gold coins dedicated to Hanseatic Tallinn will use designs by Riho Luuse
On Tuesday the Supervisory Board of Eesti Pank confirmed designs by Riho Luuse as the winners of the...

Estonian champions in the competition about the euro are from the Ülenurme Gymnasium school
The Estonian champions in the pan-European competition for school children that ran from last...

One more month for school pupils to enter the pan-European competition about money
School children can still take part until 25 February in the pan-European competition being run by...

Eesti Pank issues the new twenty-euro banknote into circulation today
From today, Eesti Pank is issuing the new twenty-euro banknote with improved security features and a...

Businesses need to be ready for the new 20-euro banknotes in one week’s time
On 25 November Eesti Pank and the other central banks of the euro area will release a new...

The coin for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics has been designed by Martin Pärn
The Supervisory Board of Eesti Pank confirmed on Tuesday that winner of the competition to design a...

Swedbank’s new service is an example of a flexible solution that will improve access to cash says Ardo Hansson
Governor of Eesti Pank Ardo Hansson said that the decision by Swedbank to provide a permanent cash...

Businesses need to be ready for the new 20-euro banknotes in two months time
On 25 November, the central banks of the euro area, including Eesti Pank, will release a new...

Mall Nukke wins the design competition for the Jaan Poska collector coin and Riho Luuse wins the competition for the Paul Keres commemorative coin
The panel convened by Eesti Pank to decide on the designs for coins chose the design by Mall Nukke...

Entries in the design competition for coins can be submitted for three more weeks
Eesti Pank announced design competitions for three coins in July, the collector coins dedicated to...

Eesti Pank has minted additional one and two-cent coins for circulation
In 2015, Eesti Pank increased the stock of coins in circulation and minted additional one and...

Eesti Pank announces two competitions to design collector coins
Eesti Pank is announcing a competition to design a collector coin dedicated to Jaan Poska, and one...

The Omniva service will improve access to cash in rural areas says Ardo Hansson
Governor of Eesti Pank Ardo Hansson said that the Omniva cash service is a good example of a...

The new €20 banknote will need cash handling equipment to be upgraded
On 25 November this year, the central banks of the euro area, including Eesti Pank, will release a...

Collector coins and stamps dedicated to Eduard Vilde will go on sale in the museum of Eesti Pank on Wednesday
A silver collector coin dedicated to the works of Eduard Vilde will go on sale in the museum of...

Lithuanian litas can still be exchanged for euros in Eesti Pank for three more weeks
On 1 January 2015 Lithuania joined the euro area and started using the euro in place of the...

The design competition for the collector coin dedicated to Eduard Vilde is won by Mait Luidalepp
The panel convened by Eesti Pank to choose the design for a silver collector coin dedicated to the...

Exhibition of Lithuanian Money opens at the Eesti Pank Museum
The exhibition ‘Lithuanian Money from the Litas to the Euro’ opens on 13 January in the...

Lithuanian Litas can be exchanged for euros in Eesti Pank until the end of February
From today until the end of February, Eesti Pank will join other central banks of the euro area in...

Purchase uncirculated Estonian euro coins
The museum shop sells rolls of uncirculated euro coins with the Estonian national design on them....

Eesti Pank guarantees the existence of cash
To ensure that people want to use money (the euro) and that they trust it, they have to be confident...

Commemorative coins
€2 commemorative coins are special circulation coins with a special design on the national side in...

Euro banknotes
Legally, both the ECB and the central banks of the euro area countries have the right to issue euro...

Confirmed programme of issuing collector and commemorative coins
The Eesti Pank Executive Board confirmed the programme of issuing collector and commemorative coins...

Euro coins
The legal issuers of euro coins are the euro area countries. The European Commission coordinates all...

Cash
Euro cash has been in use since 2002 and is now used by more than 338 million people in 19 European...

To professional cash handlers
All cash handlers, including banks, cash transporting companies and currency exchangers must remove...

Collector and commemorative coins
Collector coins are minted from precious metals with the aim of celebrating very important persons...

Eesti Pank's priorities among core operations
Participation in decision-making in the Eurosystem and implementation of decisions As a central...

The 200-euro banknote
The second series of euro ba

The 100-euro banknote
The second series of euro banknotes has been in circulatio

Cash and Infrastructure Department
is responsible for the existence and maintenance of the cash reserves required for the smooth...

The ten-euro banknote
The new ten-euro note entered circulation on 23 September 2014. The new notes continue the theme of...

The five-euro banknote
The new five-euro note entered circulation on 2 May 2013. The new notes continue the theme of...