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50 Euro Cent Specimen
| Issuer | Latvia |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | The Latvian coat of arms occupies the central field, depicting a quartered shield supported by two rampant lions, with a rising sun motif at the centre of the shield. Three stars are arranged above the shield in a small arc. The entire design is encircled by a ring of twelve five-pointed stars, referencing the European Union. The lower arc of the inner field bears the multilingual trial inscription 'TRIAL PROBE ESSAI', and the country name 'LATVIA' appears in bold letters along the lower rim. |
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| Obverse lettering | TRIAL PROBE ESSAI LATVIA |
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Latvia's euro coins entered circulation on January 1, 2014, when the country became the eighteenth member of the eurozone — the last of the three Baltic states to make the switch, following Estonia in 2011 and Lithuania in 2015. The adoption came despite persistent public skepticism; polls conducted in the years prior showed a majority of Latvians preferred retaining the lats, a currency that had anchored national identity since independence in 1922.
Specimen strikes were produced for collector sets and official distribution, not circulation, and show a sharper finish than the business strikes issued through Latvijas Banka.