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100 Krooni
| Issuer | Eesti Pank (Bank of Estonia) |
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| Year | 1935 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in blue and black, the obverse centres on a bold intaglio vignette of a blacksmith at his anvil, rendered in an allegorical style that conveys labour and national industry. A cartouche bearing the numeral 100 appears to the right, set within finely worked guilloche panels. Statutory inscriptions in Estonian, including the issuer name EESTI PANK and the denomination ÜKSSADA KROONI, run across the face of the note alongside the date 1935. |
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| Obverse lettering | EESTI PANK 100 ÜKSSADA KROONI 1935 SEE PÄNGATÄHT ON VÄLJA ANTUD 3 MAI 1927 A. RAHASEADUSE JA PANGA PÕHIKIRJA ALUSEL (Translation: Bank of Estonia Hundred Krooni This banknote was issued under the Money Act of May 3rd 1927 and the bank's statutes.) |
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Estonia's 1935 100 Krooni was printed domestically by Riigi Trükikoda — an intentional assertion of capability by a country that had only established its central bank in 1919. The engraving credit to Karl Doll, who signed his work "Tael," is the more interesting detail: Doll was one of the few Estonian engravers of his generation working at a professional level comparable to the major European security printers, and his involvement in this series was a point of genuine national pride.
Günther Reindorff designed across multiple Estonian issues of the period; his work on the 1935 series is considered among the stronger output of the Krooni era before Soviet occupation in 1940 effectively ended the currency's legal existence.