100 Latu

Latvia's 100 Latu of 1939 was among the last notes issued before Soviet occupation in June 1940 ended the first period of Latvian independence. The Bank of Latvia had developed considerable in-house printing capability by the late 1930s, and this series was produced entirely domestically — an achievement for a central bank barely two decades old.

Many unissued notes from the final print runs were seized or destroyed during the Soviet takeover. Circulated survivors from actual 1939–1940 use are far less common than their face value might suggest.