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5 Euros 'Baltars'. Porcelain
| Issuer | Bank of Latvia |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Value | 5 Euros |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The "Baltars" issue commemorates the Latvian applied arts collective of the same name, active in Riga during the 1920s and early 1930s. Baltars — a contraction of *Baltijas darbnīca* — was a ceramics and decorative arts workshop that became one of the most visible expressions of Latvian national identity during the interwar independence period, producing work that drew heavily on folk motifs while engaging with European modernism.
Despite its .925 silver composition, the coin incorporates actual porcelain elements in its construction — a genuine dual-material piece rather than a painted or enameled surface treatment.