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  • 10 Euro Cent 2014-2022, KM# 153, Latvia
  • 10 Euro Cent 2014-2022, KM# 153, Latvia
Obverse

Depicts the large coat of arms of the Republic of Latvia dividing date and country name below. The outer ring contains the twelve stars of the European Union.

The Latvian national coat of arms was designed by the Latvian artist Rihards Zariņš. It combines symbols of Latvian national statehood, as well as symbols of its ancient historical districts:
• The three golden stars above the field represent three historical provinces: Vidzeme (Swedish Livonia), Latgale (Polish Livonia) and Kurzeme-Zemgale (Duchy of Courland and Semigalia).
• The golden sun in the field represents the sun of freedom. Sun symbol was used as a symbol of distinction and national identity by the Imperial Russian Army's Latvian Riflemen units during World War I. During the war, the sun was fashioned with 17 rays that symbolized the 17 Latvian inhabited districts.
• The bottom part of the escutcheon is divided into two fields where the red lion of Courland represents Kurzeme and Zemgale while the silver griffin of Polish Livonia represents Vidzeme and Latgale.

Engravers: Laimonis Šēnbergs, Jānis Strupulis

20 14
LATVIJA

Reverse

A geographical map of Western Europe spans the outer ring and inner core on the left side of the coin.

12 stars are located on the left side of the outer ring, with six stars atop the map of Europe and six stars below it; six vertical stripes cut across the inner core of the coin, visually connecting the upper and lower star segments.

Luc Luycx, a designer at the Royal Belgian Mint, designed the Euro’s common reverse; his initials, LL, are seen on the right side of the design, just under the “0” in “10.”

10
LL
EURO
CENT

Edge

10 Euro Cent

KM# 153 Schön# 145
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Characteristics
Material Nordic Gold
Weight 4.1 g
Diameter 19.75 mm
Thickness 1.93 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mints
Lithuanian Mint (LMK)
State Mints of Baden-Wuerttemberg / Karlsruhe (SMBW/G)

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