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1 Ounce 350th anniversary of Latvians in America
| Issuer | Latvia |
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| Year | 1989 |
| Type | Fantasy coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | ND - Proof |
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This piece marks the 350th anniversary of the first documented Latvian settlement in North America — the short-lived Tobago and Delaware colonies established in the 1630s and 1640s under the Duchy of Courland, a semi-autonomous vassal state within the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Duke Jacob Kettler's colonial ambitions were genuine enough that Courlandish settlers reached the mouth of the Irbe River in present-day Delaware in 1638, predating many better-remembered European colonial ventures.
Issued in 1989, when Latvia was still a Soviet republic, the coin carries an unmistakable political edge — affirming a continuous Latvian national identity and diaspora history at a moment when independence was still two years away.