Catalog of Latvian coins in euro
Latvia is a member of the European Union since May 1, 2004 and joined the European Monetary Union on January 1, 2014. The currency used before the adoption of the euro was the Latvian lats.
The initial forecast for the access to the eurozone was January 1, 2008, but it was postponed to January 1, 2014 for several reasons.
The application to join the eurozone from 1 January 2014 was submitted to the Council of the European Union on March 4, 2013. The European Commission gave a favorable opinion on June 5, 2013 and the Council of the European Union took the final decision on July 9, 2013. The exchange rate between the euro and lats was set to 0.702804.
The images for the national side of euro Latvians were designed by Laimonis Šēnbergs for 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 cents coins and Guntars Sietiņš for 1 and 2 euro coins; they are:
- 2 euro: Freedom Monument in Riga;
- 1 euro: the face of a young Latvian girl;
- 10, 20 and 50 cents: the complete coat of arms of Latvia;
- 1, 2 and 5 cents: the simplified coat of arms.
The design of the 2-euro coin was replaced with the same picture of the 1 euro coin for the inability to reproduce the image properly.
Link: Banca della Lettonia
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| 1 cent 2014- 16,25 mm 2,30 g steel, copper |
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| 2 cents 2014- 18,75 mm 3,06 g steel, copper |
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| 5 cents 2014- 21,25 mm 3,92 g steel, copper |
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| 10 cents 2014- 19,75 mm 4,10 g Nordic gold |
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| 20 cents 2014- 22,25 mm 5,74 g Nordic gold |
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| 50 cents 2014- 24,25 mm 7,80 g Nordic gold |
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| 1 euro 2014- 23,25 mm 7,50 g nickel, brass, copper |
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| 2 euro 2014- 25,75 mm 8,50 g nickel, brass, copper |
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2 euro commemorative coins
| 2014 Riga, European Capital of Culture 2014 |
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| 2015 30th Anniversary of the Flag of Europe |
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| 2015 Latvian Presidency of the Council of the European Union |
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| 2015 Endangered nature: the Black Stork |
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| 2016 Dairy Farming |
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| 2018 100 years since independence |
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| 2019 Coat of arms of Latvia's rising sun |
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| 2020 Latgalian ceramics |
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| 2021 100th anniversary of the recognition of the Republic of Latvia |
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| 2022 The centenary of Latvijas Banka |
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| 2022 35 years of the Erasmus programme |
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| 2023 Ukraine Sunflower |
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Latvia Regions series
| 2016 Vidzeme |
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| 2017 Courland |
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| 2017 Latgale |
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| 2018 Semigallia |
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