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Description
The Estonian Song Celebration (in Estonian: laulupidu) is one of the largest amateur choral events in the world, a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. It is held every five years in July on the Tallinn Song Festival Grounds simultaneously with the Estonian Dance Festival.
The tradition of the song festival was born along with Estonian national awakening. The first national song festival was held in Tartu in the summer of 1869. One of the organisers of the first song festival was Johann Voldemar Jannsen. In the first three festivals only men's choirs and brass orchestras participated. 822 singers and 56 brass players participated in the first festival. Starting with the fourth festival, mixed choirs were also participating. Starting with the sixth festival in 1896, the festival tradition moved to Tallinn.
The design of 2019-dated €2 coin, that will observe the 150th anniversary of the Estonian Song Celebration, was decided by a national competition which was announced on the 23rd September 2017, and a vote which resulted in the winning design being the one submitted by 15-year-old Grete-Lisette Gulbis from Tõrva in South Estonia. Grete’s winning design received 2,887 votes, representing 35% of the total of 8,322 votes cast from a choice of eight other designs which made the final round.
Obverse
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Depicts the first notes of the Estonian national anthem, 3 singing figures and some national ornaments. Date and country name above. The name of the Estonian Song Festival in Estonian (Laulupidu 150) below. The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag. 2019 |
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Reverse
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A geographical map of Western Europe spans the outer ring and inner core on the right side of the coin. The inscription 2 EURO is superimposed over the map of Europe, with the numeral “2” located in an open field representing the eastern Atlantic Ocean. 2 EURO |
| Edge |
ESTONIA in Estonian upright and inverted EESTI ○ EESTI ○ |
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Characteristics
| Type | Commemorative Issue (Circulating) |
| Material | Bi-Metallic |
| Ring | Cupronickel |
| Center | Nickel Brass |
| Weight | 8.5 g |
| Diameter | 25.75 mm |
| Thickness | 2.2 mm |
| Shape |
round
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| Alignment | Medal |
| Mint |
Kremnica Mint (MK)
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