2 Euro Latvian farming and countryside
© Mike Bentley
Features
| Issuer | Latvia |
|---|---|
| Period |
Republic (1991-date)
|
| Type | Circulating commemorative coin |
| Year | 2016 |
| Value | 2 Euro 2 EUR = USD 2.11 |
| Currency | Euro (2014-date) |
| Composition | Bimetallic: nickel brass clad nickel centre in copper-nickel ring |
| Weight | 8.50 g |
| Diameter | 25.75 mm |
| Thickness | 2.20 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number |
N# 85889
Numista type number (https://en.numista.com/help/what-is-the-n-number-visible-in-the-catalogue-33.html)
|
| References |
KM# 175,  Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA. And 5 more volumes.  Gerhard Schön; 2018. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (46. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany. And 2 more volumes. |
Commemorative issue
Latvian farming and countryside
Obverse
The design shows a Latvian brown cow which is one of the symbols of Latvian dairy farming both in folklore and in life. Underneath the design, at the left side there is the inscription of the year of issuance ‘2016’ and at the bottom of the inner circle the name of the issuing country ‘LATVIJA’. The coin’s outer ring bears the 12 stars of the European Union.
Lettering:
LATVIJA
2016
Translation:
Latvia
2016
Jānis Strupulis (monogram JS), born 1949 in Vacpiebalga, is a Latvian sculptor and graphical designer, who designed some of the modern Latvian coins with denominations in Latvian lats.
Gunārs Lūsis, born 1950 in Riga, is a Latvian artist and graphical designer notable for creating the design for some of the modern Latvian coins with denominations in Latvian lats, and for authoring the logo for the Latvian presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2015.Reverse
A map, next to the face value, shows the European continent without borders.
Lettering:
2 EURO
LL
Luc Luycx is the designer of the common side of the euro coins.
Luycx is a computer engineer, and medallist living in Dendermonde, Belgium, and has worked for the Royal Belgian Mint for 15 years. He designed the euro coins in 1996.
Edge
The inscription DIEVS SVĒTĪ LATVIJU with words separated by stars; fine milled edge.
Lettering: DIEVS ☆ SVĒTĪ ☆ LATVIJU ☆
Translation: God Bless Latvia
© Cyrillius
Mint
Lithuanian Mint (Lietuvos Monetu Kalykla), Vilnius, Lithuania (1990-date)Comments
The image of a cow, the symbol of the Latvian farming and countryside, once authored by Gunārs Lūsis (graphic design) and Jānis Strupulis (plaster model) and featured on the 2 lats circulation coin, has been restored to live again on the 2 euro commemorative coin.
Date of issue 19-07-2016
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| 2016 | 1 000 000 | $ 2.63 | $ 3.20 | $ 3.20 | 97% | |||||||
| 2016 | 15 000 | $ 7.90 | 6% | BU Coincard or In sets only | ||||||||
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