A transparent amber cylinder of appropriate thickness has been set into the centre of the coin. The inscription 1 LATS is placed in the upper left part of the obverse while the upper right part features sea waves. The inscription LATVIJAS REPUBLIKA and year 2010 is arranged in a semi-circle at the bottom.
Obverse script
Obverse lettering
1 LATS
LATVIJAS REPUBLIKA 2010
Reverse description
Forty million years passed, and amber saw a human being for the first time… An eye with an amber pupil is featured in the centre of the reverse.
