Reference Price
$3.00-$179.00
The actual value of the coin may differ depending on its condition, luster, rarity, and other factors. This is a rough estimation.
The actual value of the coin may differ depending on its condition, luster, rarity, and other factors. This is a rough estimation.
The reverse features the main building of the University of Latvia in the centre, with an owl, the symbol of wisdom, sitting on books in the foreground and a rose, a dedication to the beautiful female students, behind the owl. The semicircular inscription LATVIJAS UNIVERSITTE is arranged at the top and the inscription 1 LATS at the bottom of the reverse.
Jānis Strupulis
Guntars Sietiņš
The coat of arms of the University of Latvia is depicted in the centre: an oak, encircled by a laurel wreath, with the inscriptions UNIVERSITAS LATVIENSIS, the name of the University of Latvia in Latin, and SCIENTIAE ET PATRIAE ("To Science and Fatherland"), the motto of the University of Latvia, arranged above and beneath the oak respectively. The oak, with its branches symbolising the faculties, is in the centre of the coat of arms. The left-hand side of the oak is struck in relief whereas the right-hand side is a minted photo image, thus symbolising the "dry" science versus the jolly life. The inscription LATVIJAS REPUBLIKA is arranged in a semicircle above the central motif, with the inscriptions MCMXIX (1919), the foundation year of the University of Latvia, and 2009, the coinage year, semicircled beneath it to the left and right respectively.
Jānis Strupulis
Guntars Sietiņš
The words VIVAT, CRESCAT and FLOREAT, separated by rhombic dots.
Obverse:
LATVIJAS REPUBLIKA UNIVERSITAS LATVIENSIS SCIENTIAE ET PATRIAE MCMXIX 20009
Reverse:
LATVIJAS UNIVERSITĀTE 1 LATS
Silver (.925)