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10 Krooni Barn Swallow
| Issuer | Eesti Pank |
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| Year | 1992 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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| Mintage | 1992 - Proof - 10,000 |
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Estonia restored its national currency, the kroon, in June 1992 after fifty years of Soviet occupation had rendered any independent monetary institution illegal. This coin belongs to the first wave of commemorative issues released alongside that reintroduction, making it among the earliest objects to carry the authority of a reconstituted Estonian state.
The barn swallow had been designated Estonia's national bird in 1960 — an officially sanctioned symbol even under Soviet rule, which lent it a quietly nationalistic charge throughout the occupation decades.