Eduards Veidenbaums

Material silver of fineness .925

Year 2017

Mintage 3000

Artists Graphic Design: Arvīds Priedīte 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: 2.50 euro

Weight: 20 g

Metal: silver of fineness .925

Diameter: 35 mm

Quality: Proof

Maximum Mintage: 3000

Year: 2017

Mint: Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt (The Netherlands)

Graphic Design: Arvīds Priedīte

Plaster Model: Ligita Franckeviča

Obverse

(front)

Coin A: The obverse features clouds, with the facsimile signature of Eduards Veidenbaums semi-circled at the top left of them. The cloud in the central part of the coin bears the inscription of the year 2017 on the right side. A line of Eduards Veidenbaums' verse "Tiem vēlētos es līdzi tālu skriet…" (I'd love to follow them far away...) is placed at the bottom of the coin.
Coin B: The obverse features clouds, with a line of Eduards Veidenbaums' verse "Tur tālumā, kur ziemas nepazīst" (Far away where winter never comes) placed at the top left; the inscription "2,5 euro" is semi-circled at the bottom right.

Reverse

(back)

Coin A: An inscription "Eduards" is semi-circled at the top; an inscription "2,5 euro" is placed at the bottom. A horizontal trail of footprints in the snow crosses the reverse in the middle.
Coin B: An inscription "Veidenbaums" is semi-circled at the top; the year 2017 is placed at the bottom. A horizontal trail of footprints in the snow crosses the reverse in the middle.

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Artists

Graphic Artist

Arvīds Priedīte

In the diverse community of Latvian textile artists, known for its vibrant and distinctive personalities, Arvīds Priedīte has always stood out with his innovative compositional solutions, particularly through the spaciousness of his works woven using the tapestry technique, incorporating and highlighting the significance of spaciousness in figurative expression. Spaciousness is often successfully paired with hyper-realistic depictions of individual figures or elements within the composition,...

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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