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2 Santimi
| Issuer | Latvia |
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| Year | 1937-1939 |
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| Weight | 2 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The large numeral 2 dominates the central field, rendered in bold relief. The mint year is positioned immediately below the numeral, with the denomination legend SANTIMI inscribed in capital letters along the lower periphery. Two upward-curving grain or wheat sprigs flank the numeral on either side, their tips extending toward the upper rim, lending an agricultural character consistent with the coin's overall design vocabulary. |
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Latvia's second coinage period in the late 1930s coincided with the authoritarian consolidation of Kārlis Ulmanis, who had dissolved parliament and assumed the presidency in 1934. These small bronzes continued circulating right through the Soviet occupation of June 1940, after which Latvian coinage ceased entirely for over fifty years.