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Medal - European Currency Estonia - 100 Euro

Location Federal Republic of Germany
Year 2002
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Composition Gilt bronze
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Obverse description The field features a colour-applied reproduction of a 100 euro banknote overlaid with the Estonian national flag (blue, black, and white horizontal stripes), set against a relief depiction of a European arched bridge and an outline map of Europe in the background. The multilingual legend encircles the design, with the date in the lower exergue flanked by two stars.
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Reverse description The reverse depicts in high relief the mythological scene of the Abduction of Europa, showing the figure of Europa riding atop a bull (Zeus in disguise), her robes flowing dynamically, set over an outline map of Europe in the field. Twelve stars of the European Union are arranged in a circle around the border of the medal, and a small engraver's mark appears at lower right.
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