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10 Krooni 90th Anniversary
| Issuer | Eesti Pank (Bank of Estonia) |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Reference(s) | P#90 |
| Obverse description | The obverse draws on the classic 1937 10 Krooni design (P#67), with a central vignette of a woman in traditional Estonian national costume holding a sheaf of wheat and a sickle at left, set against a decorative guilloche underprint. Commemorative inscriptions marking the 90th anniversary of the Republic of Estonia are integrated into the design alongside the denomination and issuing bank legends. The year 2008 and the phrase 'ÜHISELT EHITATUD RIIK' appear as additional textual elements. |
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| Reverse lettering | EESTI PANK Eesti Vabariik kuulutati välja 24. veebruaril 1918. Käesolev pangatäht on välja antud 2008. aastal Eesti Vabariigi 90. juubeliaasta tähistamiseks. KÜMME KROONI |
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Issued to mark ninety years since the founding of Eesti Pank in 1919, this commemorative 10 Krooni was released as a collector piece rather than a circulating note. The krooni itself had been out of circulation since Estonia joined the eurozone preparatory process — the currency was already living on borrowed time when this note was printed, and the euro replaced it entirely in 2011.
The "Printed: 30.04.1945" field is almost certainly a catalog or data entry anomaly — Estonian banknote production had ceased entirely by that date under Soviet occupation.