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The reverse of two-euro coin features the Freedom Monument whose construction was financed from the donations of the Latvian people and whose three stars symbolize the unity of the Latvian regions and have served as a guiding light for the nation throughout World War II and occupation years. The symbolism is rendered even more profound by the circle of European Union stars that protect the monument on the coin.

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The folk maiden depicted on the one-euro coin is a symbol of both traditional virtue and Latvian national currency, for it was this same portrait that adorned the reverse of the silver five-lats coin designed for the newly independent Latvian state by Rihards Zarins in the 1920s. This coin would become a guarded treasure during occupation and in exile and the issuance of its smaller replica in gold for the "World's Smallest Coins" series after Latvia regained independence marked the tenth anniversary of the restoration of the national currency.

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The symbol of statehood gained and regained in the 20th century adorns the euro cent coins. The 50-, 20- and 10-euro-cent coins feature the great coat of arms of Latvia.

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The 5-, 2- and 1-euro-cent coins feature the small coat of arms of Latvia.

Bank of Latvia's coin design commission chose artists for creating the models for the actual coins. The graphic design for the 1- and 2-euro coins was created by Guntars Sietins and the euro cent design by Laimonis Senbergs.

After the compliance of the design models for the Latvian euro coins to the European legislation is approved by the Euro Coins Subcommittee of the Economic and Financial Council (ECOFIN), euro coins with the Latvian national side will be struck and issued in accordance with the Latvian national euro introduction plan and the EU Council Resolution on the accession of the Republic of Latvia to the euro area.

http://www.bank.lv/eng/main/sapinfo/coin_genesis/

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IMO pretty classy coins. Not too busy (Slovenia) but also not too simple (Estonia). Can't wait for Latvia to join the Eurozone.
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Cool, thanks for letting me/us know.
At least I haven't seen those images yet :)


The look good, at least it's better than the Belgian, Dutch and German ones :P :P
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Thanks! I like them also.
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Indeed, they are nice!
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Yeah! Now I don't have to be so sad about the Estonians' bad graphic eye. I guess a nice amount of nice looking Latvian coins will make it to Finland :)
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Really very nice! Much better than the Estonian ones (why don't have choose the nordic patterns.. I still wonder?????? :? ) It would be a tough race to get them here in italy once they'll be out!!! :twisted:

Thanx a lot for all the stories abot the origin, very interesting!!
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After visiting Riga a few months ago, I'm not surprised that the Freedom Monument found its way to the Latvian euro coins, too. I like the clever idea of combining the uppermost of the monument's three stars with one of the 12 EU stars. It's both visually pleasing and symbolically significant.

The whole series is quite stylish.

In a way the choice of motifs resembles the Finnish series: artistic pictures on the 2 and 1 euro coins, and the more formal coat of arms on the cent coins.
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Thank you very much for this information. I like the coins a lot :P
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I like the 2 € with the 12th star that becames part of the picture and I also like the " gold "ones and the "copper"ones, with the lion on the left and .. I don't know,a flyng lion on the right wiyh a sword
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starcapitan wrote:... I don't know,a flyng lion on the right
It's a Griffin :)
I like these designs very much, too, especially the 1€.
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Post by androl »

too bad that exactly these coins (with the depicted year) will never come out :cry:
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Beatiful coins! What a pity that Latvija is so far :cry:
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Indeed it's not ;) I went there by motorhome from Milan and it took no longer than 3 days. We drove till Rostock, in northern Germany, and then took one of those regular ships which sail from there to Ventspils (in Latvia) several times a week. You'll not enjoy the company on that sail, but it's not expensive at all.
What's most, from the end of December 2007 you won't even need to pass the customs when you enter Latvia, since it's joining Schengen together with the other countries (but Cyprus) which joined in 2004.
You could also avoid the ferry (which takes 27 hours, btw) and go by car, passing through Austria, Czech Republic, Poland, and Lithuania. No border crossing, once again ;)
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WinstonSmith wrote:Indeed it's not ;) I went there by motorhome from Milan and it took no longer than 3 days. We drove till Rostock, in northern Germany, and then took one of those regular ships which sail from there to Ventspils (in Latvia) several times a week. You'll not enjoy the company on that sail, but it's not expensive at all.
What's most, from the end of December 2007 you won't even need to pass the customs when you enter Latvia, since it's joining Schengen together with the other countries (but Cyprus) which joined in 2004.
You could also avoid the ferry (which takes 27 hours, btw) and go by car, passing through Austria, Czech Republic, Poland, and Lithuania. No border crossing, once again ;)
Yep, that ferry doesn't really make sense...
If you drive through Slovakia, Poland and Lithuania you are a lot faster and it is also cheaper.
I drove from Austria to Helsinki throught Poland and the Baltics three times already and if you have three drivers in the car you can easily make it in 36 hours, including the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki.
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Post by WinstonSmith »

By car your suggestion certainly makes sense. By motor home, the prospect of bumping all along the sloppy Polish roads (from Warsaw to the border with Lithuania), of passing 6 (or 7) times the customs (sometimes when they see a motorhome they want to get aboard and open all the drawers and whatnot), of having to change several currencies where you can't usually pay the fuel with a credit card (which is anyway true with a car too), and of sleeping "on the road" in the eastern Baltic countries is not *THAT* enticing too. ;-)
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