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20 Latu
| Issuer | Latvijas Banka (Bank of Latvia) |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Size | 130 × 65 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | LATVIJAS BANKAS NAUDAS ZĪME 20 DIVDESMIT LATU LATVIJAS BANKA (Translation: Bank of Latvia banknote 20 Twenty latu Bank of Latvia) |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
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Latvia re-introduced the lats in 1993 after restoring independence, but this 2004 emission came in the closing years of the currency's second life — EU accession that same year locked in the eventual transition to the euro, which arrived on 1 January 2014. The lats was pegged to the euro at a fixed rate of 0.702804 LVL from 2005, making this note's final decade essentially a counting exercise toward obsolescence.
Giesecke & Devrient's Leipzig facility handled much of the Latvian series. The security specification here is relatively modest for the period, which is worth noting on higher-value denominations where sophisticated counterfeiting incentive exists.