Catalog
2 Euros Sunflower for Ukraine
| Issuer | Bank of Latvia |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Currency | Euro (2014-date) |
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| Obverse description | The inner core features a stylised sunflower in full bloom, rendered in a bold, graphic artistic style by Latvian artist Krišs Salmanis, serving as a symbol of peace and solidarity with Ukraine. A semicircular legend at the top of the inner core reads 'SLAVA UKRAINAI!' (Glory to Ukraine), while the lower semicircle bears the issuing country name 'LATVIJA' and the year of issue '2023'. The sunflower motif references Ukraine's status as one of the world's foremost producers and exporters of sunflower oil, and the wider symbolic use of sunflowers as emblems of peace since 1996. The outer ring carries the twelve stars of the European Union flag. |
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| Obverse lettering | SLAVA UKRAINAI! LATVIJA 2023 |
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Latvia joined several other eurozone states in issuing a solidarity €2 commemorative following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The sunflower, Ukraine's national flower, became a widely adopted symbol of resistance after a viral exchange in which a Ukrainian woman reportedly offered sunflower seeds to Russian soldiers. Latvia, which shares a border with Russia and hosts a substantial Ukrainian refugee population, was among the more politically motivated issuers in the series — the Saeima had been one of the first European parliaments to formally recognize the Holodomor as genocide months before this coin entered circulation.