By eurotopics | 19.07.2010 | 15:36 ET in Europe

Estonia’s euro coins show a lack of imagination

Estonia’s euro coins will show no more than an outline of the country.

The daily Postimees is peeved:

“We have to be honest and admit that we have no grand cultural personality have like Mozart or Dante with whom we can adorn our coins. But there are other options. For example the German motifs showing the federal eagle and Brandenburg Gate – which are known far beyond the country’s borders – are a pleasure to look at. Money presents a free-of-charge opportunity to make our homeland better-known, because we’ll have to replace our coins no matter what. The real question, then, is whether we are putting this opportunity to good use. All members of the Eurozone may choose their motifs according to their own tastes, and the euro coins circulate in all member countries. With Estonia that makes 17 countries, with a total population of 300 million.”

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