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10 Latu Javelin Thrower
| Issuer | Bank of Latvia |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Value | 10 Latu (10 LVL) |
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| Obverse description | At the centre of the obverse is the large State coat of arms of the Republic of Latvia, depicting a divided shield with a rising sun, a lion passant, and a griffin, surmounted by a rising sun. The legend LATVIJAS arcs above the central device in a semicircle, while REPUBLIKA curves beneath it in a corresponding semicircle. The date 1999 is inscribed in the lower field below the coat of arms. The overall composition is rendered in high relief against a plain field. |
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| Obverse lettering | LATVIJAS 1999 REPUBLIKA |
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Latvia's post-Soviet revival of gold coinage in the 1990s drew deliberately on interwar imagery — the javelin thrower design traces directly to the athletic idealism promoted during the first period of Latvian independence, 1918–1940. The .583 fineness is not an approximation but a precise continuation of the 14-karat standard used in Soviet-era jewelry production, a pragmatic choice that kept domestic refining costs low while the newly reconstituted Bank of Latvia rebuilt its monetary infrastructure.