In the traditional public survey, the coin "Vilhelms Purvītis" won the title of Latvia's Coin of the Year 2022. In the public survey organised by Latvijas Banka and the news portal Delfi.lv, for two weeks, everyone had the opportunity to vote for the best collector coin of 2022, and this opportunity was seized by more than 9.3 thousand people.

With 5.5 thousand votes, "Vilhelms Purvītis" is the winning collector coin. The author of its graphic design is artist and painter Frančeska Kirke. She is also the author of three other collector coins issued by Latvijas Banka: "The Garden of Destiny", ""Baltars". Porcelain" and "Basketball".

The obverse of the coin "Vilhelms Purvītis" features the painting "Winter", one of the most famous paintings by the artist, in colour print, while the coin's reverse is designed as a plaster model of the painting with varying levels of relief and grades of silver frosting.

Latvijas Banka issued this collector coin to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Vilhelms Purvītis (1872–1945). Vilhelms Purvītis is the founder and moderniser of the national landscape painting and one of the key figures in Latvian visual art of the first half of the 20th century.

In Latvian art history, the name of Vilhelms Purvītis has become one of the symbols of national identity. The painter's vision of nature and his classically composed Latvian landscapes in changing seasons are considered to be the canon of national landscape. Purvītis deserves particular recognition as an implementer of the idea of higher artistic education and one of the architects of the cultural policy.

Everyone had the opportunity to vote for one of the four collector coins dedicated to the Latvian culture, history and universal human values and issued in 2022: "Satversme 100" (video), "Vilhelms Purvītis" (video), "Upward" (video) and "For the Freedom of Ukraine" (video).

The coin "For the Freedom of Ukraine" was placed second in the vote. It was created under a specific project in cooperation with Ukrainian artists as support for Ukraine's fight for its freedom. With the help of this coin, Latvijas Banka will make donations to support Ukraine. The coins "For the Freedom of Ukraine" and "Upward" are still available at Latvijas Banka, while the coins "Vilhelms Purvītis" and "Satversme 100" are no longer available at Latvijas Banka.

The voters entered a prize draw. A total of 12 collector coins were offered in the draw, and the names of the winners are published on the website bank.lv. Latvijas Banka will contact each winner.