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1 Lats Waterlily
| Issuer | Bank of Latvia |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Value | 1 Lats (1 LVL) |
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| Obverse lettering | LATVIJAS 2008 REPUBLIKA |
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| Edge | Lettered: LATVIJAS BANKA repeated |
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| Additional information |
Latvia reintroduced the lats in 1993 after reclaiming independence, and the Bank of Latvia developed a reputation for unusually ambitious circulating coinage — the waterlily lats being among the most discussed. The 2008 issue sold out rapidly through the bank's numismatic program, though substantial quantities did enter general circulation.
KM#92 is part of a broader Latvian policy of issuing themed one-lats coins annually, a practice that generated genuine public collecting interest domestically and kept the denomination culturally visible well past the point where most European states had abandoned sub-euro coinage entirely. Latvia adopted the euro in 2014, rendering this series permanently closed.