Gifts of the Forest

Material silver of fineness .925

Year 2019

Mintage 4000

Artists Graphic Design: Edgars Folks Edmunds Jansons Plaster Model: Ligita Franckeviča

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Technical Description

Denomination: 5.00 euro

Weight: 22 g

Metal: silver of fineness .925

Diameter: 35 mm

Quality: Proof

Maximum Mintage: 4000

Year: 2019

Edge: The inscriptions LATVIJAS BANKA and LATVIJAS REPUBLIKA are separated by rhombic dots.

Mint: Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt (The Netherlands))

Graphic Design: Edgars Folks, Edmunds Jansons

Plaster Model: Ligita Franckeviča

Obverse

(front)

A stylised mushroom with mycelium is depicted in the centre. The inscription of the year 2019 and LATVIJA is arranged in a semicircle along the edge in the left upper part. The inscription 5 EURO is placed in the middle on the right side.

Reverse

(back)

A drawing of a mushroom picker with a basket, a bolete with a snail on it and a small bolete in the moss is featured on the reverse. A bunch of raspberries is depicted at the left upper part of the reverse.

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Artists

Graphic Artist

Edgars Folks

Edgars Folks is a nuanced painter, though he is more widely recognised for his exceptional work as a book illustrator. No one observes nature as meticulously as he does – studying forests, meadows, waters, flora, and fauna with exceptional detail. He has an intimate knowledge of livestock, wild animals, birds, and insects, capturing their forms, complexions, postures, movements, and characters. His attention to detail extends to the slightest head movements, eye expressions, feather direction,...

Graphic Artist

Edmunds Jansons

Edmunds Jansons is a director of animated films, graphic designer and children's book illustrator. Since 2001, he has worked in the animated film studio Atom Art. In 2012, Edmunds acquired a Master's degree in animation production at the Estonian Academy of Arts. His animated films have won awards in festivals throughout the world. Edmunds Jansons is also known, and has received international awards on many occasions, as a children's book illustrator. The biography was prepared by Rūta...

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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