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1 Lats The Latvian ABC Book
| Issuer | Bank of Latvia |
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| Year | 2010 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | 2010 LA1TS |
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Issued as part of Latvia's ongoing commemorative lats program, this coin celebrates the Latvian primer — the Burtnieks or ABC book tradition deeply tied to the 19th-century National Awakening, when literacy campaigns conducted largely through church schools helped preserve Latvian as a written language under Baltic German cultural dominance. The first printed Latvian-language ABC books date to the 17th century, with Ernst Glück's educational work preceding his more famous translation of the Bible into Latvian in 1694.
Mintage for this issue was capped at 5,000 pieces.