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Material silver of fineness .925

Year 2013

Mintage 5000

Artists Graphic Design: Paulis Liepa Plaster Model: Ligita Franckeviča

This coin is no longer available for sale. The coin remains only in collectors’ possession and in our archive as a record of its history.

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Technical Description

Denomination: 1.00 Ls

Weight: 16.4 g

Metal: silver of fineness .925

Diameter: 30 mm

Quality: Proof

Maximum Mintage: 5000

Year: 2013

Edge: Plain

Mint: Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt (Niderlande)

Graphic Design: Paulis Liepa

Plaster Model: Ligita Franckeviča

Obverse

(front)

The obverse features a circle symbolising 360 + 5 degrees, including also the time reference point. The year 2013 is placed on the circle at the top. The concentric lines within the circle represent 1 second, 1 minute, 1 hour, 1 day, 1 month and 1 year. The inscription LATVIJAS REPUBLIKA is semi-circled at the bottom.

Reverse

(back)

The reverse features an intricate pattern of lines which turn into circles; the diagram comprises a shiny sector resembling the form of the number 1. The inscription LATS is placed at the lower part of the reverse to the right from the shiny sector.

Artists

Graphic Artist

Paulis Liepa

"Life is not a story about reaching the destination, but rather the journey itself, the ride, the process. The brilliance of the "Life" project is that I can create anything, yet everything somehow fits together seamlessly. It is a distinctly personal romanticism, a unique world shaped by fragments and impressions," Paulis Liepa describes his attitude towards life and art. "The life story of any person is hundreds of times richer and more valuable than any meticulously crafted script," he...

Plaster Model

Ligita Franckeviča

Born on 30 July 1947 in Tukums. Ligita Franckeviča has an innate talent for sculpting. If her artistic flair and skill reigned supreme, the world would be transformed into a realm of silky, rounded shapes, each flowing seamlessly into the next. It would be a world without dull planes, sharp corners, or jarring edges, where every thing is self-sufficient and every being – dignified and enveloped in gentle silence. A world swaying in the soft, velvety dance of light and shadow, at times...

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