Rainis

Material Silver of fineness .925

Year 2005

Mintage 5000

Artists Graphic Design: Arta Ozola - Jaunarāja 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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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.

Always ready to scale another challenging summit, Rainis (1865-1929) was an outstanding poet, dramatist, philosopher, translator and public figure. His life is a fitting illustration to the human aspiration and striving after perfection, and as such reflects the entire spiritual history of mankind. Under him, the paper Dienas Lapa brought together radical intellectuals, paving the way for the movement Jaunā Strāva and the Social Democrats in Latvia.

Unfortunately, the noble national ideals, understanding of the decisive role of culture and intolerance to violence, the highest spiritual objectives of Rainis, failed to win approval in his days.

Ever alone and going on his own are the words on the reverse of the coin communicating the spectrum of the emotions of Rainis, the genius pulling ahead of time, for in all times the mountain peaks have enjoyed the privilege to give the first welcome to the Sun, the symbol of human freedom, devotion, spiritual evolution and regeneration.

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: 2005

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

Mint: Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt (the 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 2005 semicircled at its lower part. The left field features mountain tops.

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 Rainis, topped by a semicircled inscription VIENMĒR VIENS UN PATS... (Ever alone and going on his own…), with facsimile signature of the poet at the bottom. The left field features mountain tops.

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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