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50 Latu
| Issuer | Latvijas Banka |
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| Year | 1934 |
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| Value | 50 Latu |
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| Obverse description | Central intaglio portrait vignette of Kārlis Ulmanis (1877–1942), Prime Minister and State President of Latvia, rendered with fine line engraving against an elaborate guilloche underprint. The denomination and issuing authority inscriptions are arranged in the surrounding field, with the bank name lettered across the upper portion. The overall design is executed in a restrained, formal style characteristic of De La Rue production of the period. |
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| Obverse lettering | LATVIJAS BANKAS PIECDESMIT LATU NAUDAS ZĪME PRET ŠO NAUDAS ZĪMI LATVIJAS BANKA IZSNIEDZ 14,51613 GRAMMUS ZELTA. NAUDAS ZĪMES NODROŠINĀTAS TO PILNĀ NOMINĀLVERTĪBĀ. |
| Reverse description | Printed in blue intaglio on a finely worked guilloche background, the reverse carries the Latvian state coat of arms at centre top, flanked by two large circular areas reserved for the watermark and framed by ornate scrollwork with mythological figures. The numeral 50 appears in each corner, the denomination PIECDESMIT LATU is set in bold lettering across the upper zone, and a rectangular anti-counterfeiting warning panel occupies the centre. The printer's imprint appears at the lower margin. |
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