← Read the currency articleEstonian kroon — restored 1992 currency: research record
Evidence coverage: 1992–2011. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.
← Locate this currency on the treeCurrency continuity
Estonian kroon — restored 1992 currency
T-FTM000803 · Research draft
One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor.
Dated observations: 1992–2011; this does not establish the entire lifetime.
Parents / predecessors
Children / successors
Siblings
Monetary history 4 events
Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.
2011-01-01Euro monetary substitution1 EUR = 15.6466 EEK. Estonia: euro adoption 2011-01-01; cash 2011-01-01. Regulation 974/98 substitutes the euro for each participating state’s currency on its adoption date; cash changeover is separately defined.
C694, C695, C646 2011-01-01Euro cash changeoverEstonia: euro adoption 2011-01-01; cash 2011-01-01.
C695 1992-06-20Territorial currency separationEstonia generally exchanged 10 rubles per kroon. Cash above 1,500 rubles used 50:1; do not apply 10:1 to every holding.
C824 1992Name revivalThe restored kroon revived the interwar currency name and symbols.
C825
Evidence & research notes 4 claims
Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
Supported C694
1 EUR = 15.6466 EEK.
Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 2866/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 Citation S348 ·
Open source ↗art.1, Estonia currency row; exact decimal retained
Source access and limitations
Article 2’s original 1999 commencement does not backdate later-added currencies.
Country-specific dates come from the separate 974/98 annex.
Supported C695
Estonia: euro adoption 2011-01-01; cash 2011-01-01.
Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 974/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 Citation S347 ·
Open source ↗Annex, Estonia row; arts.2–3 provide substitution
Source access and limitations
Consolidation, not an as-made 1998 text.
National short cash-withdrawal periods and every accession amendment were not individually audited.
Supported C824
Estonia generally exchanged 10 rubles per kroon. Cash above 1,500 rubles used 50:1; do not apply 10:1 to every holding.
Deutsche Bundesbank · Metadata on the Exchange Rate Statistics, 24 September 2025 Citation S98 ·
Open source ↗Estonia, PDF p. 82, Currency history
Source access and limitations
Historical reference, not a 2026 legal-status audit.
Only selected country milestones used.
Supported C825
The restored kroon revived the interwar currency name and symbols.
Eesti Pank Museum · History of Estonian money Citation S410 ·
Open source ↗Estonian mark; first kroon; occupation; second kroon sections
Source access and limitations
The museum simplifies Soviet reforms.
Record their existence, but do not infer a universal 1947 conversion rate or uninterrupted territorial use.
Supported C646
Regulation 974/98 substitutes the euro for each participating state’s currency on its adoption date; cash changeover is separately defined.
Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 974/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 Citation S347 ·
Open source ↗arts.1, 1a, 2–3
Source access and limitations
Consolidation, not an as-made 1998 text.
National short cash-withdrawal periods and every accession amendment were not individually audited.