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10 Latu
| Issuer | Latvijas Banka |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Currency | New lats (1993-2013) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by an intaglio vignette of a stylized Latvian decorative brooch ornament at center, rendered in deep violet against a complex guilloche background with geometric patterning. The Latvian coat of arms appears in the lower right corner, and the denomination numeral 10 is repeated in the upper right. The legends DESMIT LATU and LATVIJAS BANKAS NAUDAS ZIME are inscribed at top and bottom respectively, with the issue year 2000 printed at lower right. |
| Reverse lettering | DESMIT LATU LATVIJAS BANKAS NAUDAS ZIME LATVIJAS BANKA 1992 10 2000 |
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Latvia's 10 Latu was part of the second-generation lats series introduced after the country re-established its currency following independence — the lats itself had been resurrected in 1993 after a fifty-year Soviet-imposed absence. This 2000-dated note was issued well into that restoration period, by which point the Latvijas Banka had built a stable, internationally respected currency before the eventual euro adoption in 2014 ended the lats entirely.
P#50 is relatively straightforward as a modern issue, with no significant printing variants or documented error runs. Surviving examples are common; the series was never subject to emergency withdrawal or wartime disruption.