Krisjanis Valdemars

Material Silver of fineness .925

Year 2006

Mintage 5000

Artists Graphic Design: Arta Ozola - Jaunarāja Plaster Model: Ligita Franckeviča

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Product Description

The third series People of the largest national collector coin program Latvia. Times and Values is dedicated to the spiritual molders of the Latvian nation.

The reverse of the coin bears the inscription Latvji, brauciet jurina! (Latvians, venture to distant seas!), words by Krisjanis Valdemars (1825-1891) heralding the Latvian cultural and economic awakening. The sea is an often employed symbol in dainas - Latvian folk songs that have played a prominent role in shaping Latvia's national identity. The pragmatism of Valdemars was an essential contribution to the New Latvians (Jaunlatviesi) movement. He inspired Latvians to engage in business because he saw national emancipation as stemming from national wealth. He devoted particular attention to seafaring and succeeded in winning a legal basis for establishing a democratic network of naval colleges thus enabling the Latvian peasants to become seamen. By the end of the 19th century, about 3 000 captains, helmsmen and ship engineers had graduated from the Latvian naval colleges. They founded Latvian associations of ship owners and even took to building seagoing ships.

The obverse features the waves on the sea that, to borrow from the dainas, are sifting gold and silver. The sea is a source of prosperity. Latvia is a sea nation.

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: 2006

Edge: Inscriptions LATVIJAS BANKA (Bank of Latvia) and LATVIJAS REPUBLIKA (Republic of Latvia), separated by a dot

Mint: Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt (Netherlands)

Graphic Design: Arta Ozola - Jaunarāja

Plaster Model: Ligita Franckeviča

Obverse

(front)

The obverse of the coin is divided vertically into two fields (proportion 2: 1). The inscription 1 LATS is in the center of the right field, with the year 2006 semicircled at its lower part. The left field features the sea with a seagull flying above the water.

Reverse

(back)

The reverse of the coin is divided vertically into two fields (proportion 1: 2). The right field features an originally struck photo portrait of Krisjanis Valdemars, topped by a semicircled inscription Latvji, brauciet jurina… (Latvians, venture to distant seas…), with K. Valdemars' facsimile signature at the bottom. The left field features the sea.

Artists

Graphic Artist

Arta Ozola - Jaunarāja

Arta Ozola-Jaunarāja is renowned both as a book illustrator and as an easel graphic artist. Her graphic sheets, created using techniques such as etching, drypoint, letterpress, and more, often evoke a delicate, lyrical, and light atmosphere. Fine lines, as delicate as strands of hair in some areas and gently thickened in others, form looping patterns within transparent grids. Upon closer inspection, these grids reveal intricate elements of geometric and floral motifs, as well as stylised human...

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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