Issued to mark the centenary of Estonia's designation of the book as its national symbol — formalized in 1995 but rooted in a cultural movement stretching back to the national awakening of the 19th century — this coin reflects a tradition of print culture that sustained Estonian identity through successive occupations when public expression of nationhood was otherwise suppressed.
Issued to mark the centenary of Estonia's designation of the book as its national symbol — formalized in 1995 but rooted in a cultural movement stretching back to the national awakening of the 19th century — this coin reflects a tradition of print culture that sustained Estonian identity through successive occupations when public expression of nationhood was otherwise suppressed.