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Fairy Tale Coin III. The Old Man's Mitten

Material silver of fineness .925
Year 2017
Mintage 10000
Artists Graphic Design: Arvīds Priedīte Plaster Model: Jānis Strupulis
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: 5.00 euro
Weight: 31.47 g
Metal: silver of fineness .925
Diameter: 38.61 mm
Quality: with three-colour print on the obverse
Maximum Mintage: 10000
Year: 2017
Edge: The inscriptions "LATVIJAS BANKA" and "LATVIJAS REPUBLIKA" are separated by rhombic dots.
Mint: UAB Lietuvos monetų kalykla (Lithuania)
Graphic Design: Arvīds Priedīte
Plaster Model: Jānis Strupulis
Obverse

Obverse

(front)

A patterned mitten, with the lower body parts of a bear and a wolf protruding from it, is placed in the centre of the obverse. On the left, a fly and a hare are featured, while the image of a mouse is shown on the right side. The inscription VECĪŠA CIMDIŅŠ is semi-circled to the right from the mitten.

Reverse

Reverse

(back)

The reverse shows animals – a bear, a wolf, a mouse and a hare – holding their paws and happily dancing, while a fly is fluttering in between them. The bottom part features the inscriptions 5 EURO and the year 2017.

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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,...
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Arvīds Priedīte
Plaster Model

Jānis Strupulis

After several years of collaboration on the silver coin series "800 Years of Riga," dedicated to Riga's anniversary, graphic artist Gunārs Cālītis had this to say about Jānis Strupulis: "He delivers exactly what's in the drawing, with flawless execution [..]; it is simply perfect. He is irreplaceable. He is an invaluable asset to Latvia, especially Latvijas Banka." "In essence, it's like maths," admits Jānis Strupulis, "there's only one correct solution. And it also ends up looking the best....
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Jānis Strupulis