Destiny

Material silver of fineness .925

Year 2002

Mintage 5000

Artists Graphic Design: Juris Petraškevičs 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: 31.47 g

Metal: silver of fineness .925

Diameter: 38.61 mm

Quality: Proof

Maximum Mintage: 5000

Year: 2002

Edge: Plain.

Mint: Rahapaja Oy (Finland)

Graphic Design: Juris Petraškevičs

Plaster Model: Ligita Franckeviča

Obverse

(front)

The central motif is composed of ornaments symbolising the constituent parts of the world: the earth, the sky, natural phenomena, and the seasonal and diurnal changes. The year 2002 is placed to the right in the lower part of the obverse. The inscription LATVIJAS REPUBLIKA (Republic of Latvia) is arranged in a semicircle along the coin's edge.

Reverse

(back)

A representation of an apple tree - a symbolic and archetypal sign - set against a background of a stylised landscape is featured on the reverse. Below the motif, there is the inscription LATS, topped with the numeral 1.

Artists

Graphic Artist

Juris Petraškevičs

Juris Petraškevičs studied graphic art and began his career in graphics, but his creativity knows no bounds. Anything becomes possible when thoughts persist, associations refuse to rest, characters converge, and the search for meaning becomes unavoidable. He is no longer just a graphic artist but also a painter, sculptor, poetic visionary, and more. In the velvety-black mezzotints of the 1970s–1980s (the fine technique Juris Petraškevičs reintroduced to Latvian graphic art), he delves into the...

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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