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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 216373, member: 39&quot;]Wait ... that is Zelma, not Milda. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>The Latvian Maiden coin was designed by Rihards Zarins who portrayed Zelma Brauere here (and on various occasions). A very similar coin in gold <a href="http://www.bank.lv/images/img_lb/naudas/latvian/jubilejas/tautumeita_rev.gif" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bank.lv/images/img_lb/naudas/latvian/jubilejas/tautumeita_rev.gif" rel="nofollow">http://www.bank.lv/images/img_lb/naudas/latvian/jubilejas/tautumeita_rev.gif</a> was issued in 2003.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Milda&quot; is the woman on top of the Freedom Monument in Riga. <a href="http://www.endex.com/gf/buildings/liberty/worldstatues/SOLRiga/solrigai2.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.endex.com/gf/buildings/liberty/worldstatues/SOLRiga/solrigai2.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.endex.com/gf/buildings/liberty/worldstatues/SOLRiga/solrigai2.jpg</a>&nbsp; Both the Latvian maiden and that monument were picked for the designs of the future Latvian euro coins. Not that those pieces will be around any time soon, but that choice shows the relevance of these themes ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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