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1 Lats Christmas bells
| Issuer | Latvijas Banka |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Value | 1 Lats (1 LVL) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays the coat of arms of the Republic of Latvia in high relief at center, featuring a quartered shield with a rising sun in the upper half and a lion passant and griffin in the lower quarters, supported by a lion rampant to the left and a griffin to the right, with a ribbon below. Three five-pointed stars arc above the shield. The legend LATVIJAS curves along the upper rim and REPUBLIKA along the lower rim, with the date 20 12 flanking the base of the shield in the exergue area. |
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| Mint | Lithuanian Mint, Vilnius, Lithuania |
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Latvia's one-lats circulation commemoratives were a deliberate cultural project — the Latvijas Banka issued a new themed lats coin nearly every year after 2001, each tied to a folk tradition or seasonal motif. This Christmas bells piece appeared just one year before Latvia's euro changeover on January 1, 2014, making it among the last lats coins to circulate before the currency's permanent retirement after 22 years of post-Soviet independence.