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1 Ounce 70th Anniversary of Independence
| Issuer | Latvia |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| Weight | 31.1 g |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a depiction of the Freedom Monument of Riga, the iconic female allegorical figure Milda standing atop a tall column and raising three stars aloft with both arms, set to the right of the field against radiating sunbeams that fan outward across the mirror-polished background. The commemorative dates 1918 and 1988 are inscribed in the lower left field, marking the 70th anniversary of Latvian independence. The patriotic motto TĒVZEMEI UN BRĪVĪBAI curves along the upper periphery. The entire design is enclosed by a dentilated border consistent with the obverse. |
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| Reverse lettering | TEVZEMEI UN BRIVIBAI 1918 1988 (Translation: FOR FATHERLAND AND FREEDOM) |
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Latvia declared independence from Russia on November 18, 1918, making 1988 the 70th anniversary — but Latvia was at that point still a Soviet republic, forcibly incorporated in 1940. This coin was not issued by an independent Latvian state; it was produced by the Latvian SSR government or diaspora-linked authorities specifically to assert a continuity of national identity that the Soviet occupation had never extinguished. The X# prefix in the reference confirms its status outside mainstream national coinage — a pattern coin or unofficial issue rather than a circulation strike.