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20 Euro Cents
| Issuer | Bank of Latvia |
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| Year | 2014-2022 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | 20 14 LATVIJA (Translation: 2014 Latvia) |
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| Mintage | 2014 - - 35,000,000 2014 - BU, In Sets only - 30,000 2014 - Proof, In Sets only - 5,000 2015 - BU, In Sets only - 25,000 2015 - Proof, In Sets only - 5,000 2016 - BU, In Sets only - 5,000 2018 - BU, In Sets only - 7,000 2019 - BU, In Sets only - 7,000 2020 - BU, In Sets only - 7,000 2021 - BU, In Sets only - 7,000 2022 - BU, In Sets only - 7,000 |
| Additional information |
Latvia joined the Eurozone on 1 January 2014, making this the first year of issue for Latvian euro coinage. The accession came after a decade-long qualification process that included a severe 2008–2009 economic contraction — one of the worst in the EU — during which Latvia rejected IMF pressure to devalue the lats and instead pursued brutal austerity to maintain its euro peg. That decision made eventual membership both politically charged and, for many Latvians, hard-won.