Euro banknotes look the same across the euro area. Turn over the coins, however, and Estonia puts a miniature map of itself into your change.
Paper money
Euro notes follow an easy architectural colour ladder - grey €5, red €10, blue €20, orange €50, green €100 and yellow €200 - wherever you spend them in Europe.
The euro banknote theme is imagined European architecture rather than real monuments: windows and gateways move from classical to modern styles, while bridges on the reverse suggest connection. Cash by Country artwork is an original, simplified interpretation and is not legal tender.
One design, eight sizes
A coin chosen by the public
Eesti Pank ran a design competition in 2004. A jury reduced 134 proposals to ten finalists, then a public telephone vote selected Lembit Lohmus's map design. The result is less like a souvenir and more like a tiny national signature.
Old kroons still have a door home
If an old Estonian kroon appears in a drawer, it has not become worthless. Eesti Pank exchanges kroon banknotes and coins for euros without a time limit, service fee or quantity limit, using the fixed conversion rate of EUR 1 = EEK 15.6466.
Use the picture, then check the real cash
Our illustrated notes and coins help with denomination, colour and scale. For a real euro note, feel the raised print, look for the watermark and security thread, then tilt it to inspect the hologram.