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20 Senti
| Issuer | Bank of Estonia |
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| Year | 1992-1996 |
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| Value | 20 Senti (0.20 EEK) |
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| Reverse lettering | EESTI VABARIIK 20 SENTI (Translation: Republic of Estonia) |
| Edge | Plain |
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Estonia's 1992 coinage was the product of a remarkably compressed monetary timeline — the kroon was reintroduced in June 1992, just months after the August 1991 independence declaration, making it one of the fastest sovereign currency reintroductions in post-Soviet history. The coins were struck at the Royal Mint in Llantrisant, Wales, while Estonia's own production infrastructure was still nonexistent.
The copper-aluminium-nickel alloy was a deliberate choice to distinguish the new issues from Soviet-era coinage still circulating at the time of transition.