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Normally we think that the suggestions or claims that are made to official bodies tend to fall on deaf ears, especially when they are made to a European body, but today we are going to know that this is not always the case, with an example of how a coin collector has managed to get the European Commission to "invite" a eurozone country to make some modifications to the design it had submitted for the issuance of a commemorative 2-euro coin, which in principle had passed all the filters prior to the authorization to be minted .
For those of you who do not know how the preliminaries for the issuance of a commemorative 2-euro coin work, tell them that once the issue for the coin has been chosen by the issuing country, it must send the information on the subject to which it will be dedicated to the European Commission and a sketch showing the motifs that the piece will show. The theme and the sketch will be presented to the rest of the eurozone countries where the currency can circulate. If any of the countries think that the currency may present inappropriate or offensive motives for their nation, they may cause the motive or the images they present to be changed, and may even veto it, which means that this coin will not have the necessary authorization to be minted.
The protagonist of the case that I am going to present you is Estonia and the commemorative 2-euro coin that it will issue in the autumn of this year under the theme "The Wolf, Estonian National Animal." As is mandatory, Estonia presented its intention to issue this coin to the European Commission and to the rest of the countries, which was accompanied by the sketch with the image of what will be represented on the coin. Once examined by all, no one raised any objection to the theme or the design, so there was a free pass for the minting of the coin.
But the institutions are not only there to verify that the designs cannot be offensive or even used by third parties as a propaganda method. There are many collectors who look at the details they present and this is where a German collector, Rudolf Diephuis, enters the scene, who warns the European Commission that the motif for presenting the coin is not appropriate.
Seeing the image of the sketch of the coin to no one, or almost no one, it will seem that the motif represented may contain anything that could hurt sensibilities, but for Rudolf, yes, this motif was not suitable. Look at the image that I show you below and I explain.
As you can see, it shows a great resemblance to the design of the coin. Now you will ask yourself, where is the problem? ... The problem is that this is the logo belonging to the Gray Wolves, a racist, xenophobic, paramilitary organization of the extreme right-wing nationalist originating in Turkey, which especially in the 1970s carried out numerous acts of violence and murder.
This similarity between the two silhouettes was brought to the attention of the European Commission by Rudolf. Although he was answered from Europe by unlinking both silhouettes and justifying the design, the truth is that they required Estonia to carry out a series of modifications so that one image could not be confused with the other.
The design has finally been modified and although the European Commission has not specified the reason, I have already told you about it here. It is gratifying to see that it will continue to be a beautiful coin and cannot be used, for example, as a propaganda motif by this organization that has ramifications for several European countries and that in November 2020 was already outlawed in France.
If you want to know more about this coin, I will present it here on June 8.
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