Being at home during the coronavirus pandemic, the brain is constantly looking for ways to stave off boredom and keep itself fit. And when you’re selling collecting supplies, it is only natural that you focus on the field you are in.
Collecting does not have to be expensive, I see it around me every day. This is proven by customers looking for solutions for their unique collections, and by myself as well. My other coin collection which includes coins I find during my working period while providing services during the mowing season is essentially free and already fills half an album.
This time I remembered a handful of re-independent Estonian krona and cents in my drawer, which I started sorting according to their year of release. But before that, with the help of Eesti Pank’s website, I made it clear to myself what I should be looking for.
As it became clear from the compiled table, the entire series of circulating coins, i.e. from 5 cents to 1 krona, was issued only in 1992. From 2006 and on, there is no 5-cent coin. In other years, coins have been minted as needed. A total of 35 different coins.
After sorting through a small pile of coins, it turned out that I now had 20 coins out of 35. Although I have selected the best coins to fit in the album, they are still copies picked up from circulation, the quality of which can vary greatly. However, the activity was educational and quite rewarding. I understood the possible size of the collection and now I have to find the missing coins. Only time will tell if the quality of the coin in my collection will play a role at some point.
Every home could have some of the re-independent Estonian metal coins. Even if you yourself do not have any, your relatives and friends could still have some. If you dive deeper and are ready to spend money to expand your collection, take a look at osta.ee auctions and visit collectors’ meetups in Tallinn or Tartu. This, of course, after the state of emergency has been lifted. And that your collection is not completely worthless after all this work, is proven by the fact that today sellers in osta.ee are asking 25 euros for a full set of krona, VF-UNC. In the worst case, you have spent the quarantine days doing something exciting and made room in your drawer.
It is definitely something to recommend to children, for whom the task could be even more exciting and offer an opportunity to escape from house arrest that threatens to become monotonous. Counting the number of the year, sorting the coins. and placing them in an album is also within the reach of very young children.
Where to collect ER krona coins? To keep this simple collection affordable in terms of an album, look no further than, for example, the SAFE pocket-sized coin album (article 763) for up to 80 coins. Even the smaller version of the same album (article 227) with its 40-coin pocket will do the trick. However, if you want space for future ideas, consider a Premium coin album (eg article 7346). It also has space for, for example, all Estonian euro coins and why not the coins of the first republic.
I will add slides of ER krona coins at the end. Pictures and text are from Eesti Pank’s website. Maybe it will be of help.
