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5 Lati
| Issuer | Latvijas Banka (Bank of Latvia) |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Printer | Giesecke & Devrient, Leipzig, Germany |
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| Obverse lettering | LATVIJAS BANKAS NAUDAS ZĪME 5 PIECI LATI LATVIJAS BANKA (Translation: BANK OF LATVIA BANKNOTE 5 FIVE LATI BANK OF LATVIA) |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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| Comments |
Latvia's return to the Lats after fifty years of Soviet occupation was never going to be straightforward. The 1992 series was prepared well before formal reintroduction — the Latvian rublis served as a transitional currency while the new notes were produced — and Giesecke & Devrient's Leipzig facility was an unusual choice, being the former East German plant absorbed into the firm after reunification rather than G&D's established Munich operation.
Ošiņš and Žodžiks also handled design work across the broader restoration series. The security provision here is notably sparse — watermark only, with none of the later additions that would appear on subsequent issues.