| What is depicted on the common side of the euro coins? |
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| €2 and €1, 50, 20 and 10 cent coins feature the European Union before its expansion on May 1, 2004. Coins issued as of January 1, 2007 depict the geographic map of Europe. Only coins issued in 2008 or later have newer designs than those issued in Italy (incl San Marino and Vatican City), Austria and Portugal.
5, 2 and 1 cent coins depict Europe on a world map in relation to Africa and Asia.
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| Who designed the Estonian euro coin? |
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| The winner of the design competition of the national side of the Estonian euro coin was the artist Lembit Lõhmus. His entry Hara 2 (No. 4) received 12,482 votes in the telephone voting. |
| Who selected the design of the Estonian euro coins? How was it selected? |
| Answer: |
| A competition was announced in June 2004 and 134 designs were submitted by the deadline of 19 October. A jury of experts convened by Eesti Pank selected 10 best designs, which were then given a total of 45,453 votes during a one-week telephone voting. The jury, which had made the decision on the ten designs in the national round in early November, approved the results of the telephone voting. |
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