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<p>[QUOTE="ddddd, post: 8414239, member: 22377"]It's a cool design and a fairly popular world crown. These used to be super cheap several years back (I recall AU 58 to low MS slabbed examples going in the $25-$40 range). They have increased as part of the runup in the coin market but are still relatively inexpensive compared to the more known world crowns (Mexican 8R, British Trade Dollars, Chinese crowns, etc). </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the numista page</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces6595.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces6595.html" rel="nofollow">https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces6595.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And here is some detail from Wikipedia:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_lats_coin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_lats_coin" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_lats_coin</a></p><p><br /></p><p>some of that info (more in the link above)</p><p><br /></p><p><i>"In February 1929, the Latvian Ministry of Finance decided to issue a ℒ 5 circulation coin depicting the head of a maiden, which would symbolize the Republic of Latvia and freedom.[2] The coin was designed by Rihards Zariņš. The image of the maiden on the coin is colloquially known as Milda (a Latvian female name). The model was Zelma Brauere (1900-1977), a proofreader of the State Securities Printing House. She served as a model for other works of the artist, including the ℒ 10 and ℒ 20 banknotes and the 50s coin."</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ddddd, post: 8414239, member: 22377"]It's a cool design and a fairly popular world crown. These used to be super cheap several years back (I recall AU 58 to low MS slabbed examples going in the $25-$40 range). They have increased as part of the runup in the coin market but are still relatively inexpensive compared to the more known world crowns (Mexican 8R, British Trade Dollars, Chinese crowns, etc). Here is the numista page [URL]https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces6595.html[/URL] And here is some detail from Wikipedia: [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_lats_coin[/URL] some of that info (more in the link above) [I]"In February 1929, the Latvian Ministry of Finance decided to issue a ℒ 5 circulation coin depicting the head of a maiden, which would symbolize the Republic of Latvia and freedom.[2] The coin was designed by Rihards Zariņš. The image of the maiden on the coin is colloquially known as Milda (a Latvian female name). The model was Zelma Brauere (1900-1977), a proofreader of the State Securities Printing House. She served as a model for other works of the artist, including the ℒ 10 and ℒ 20 banknotes and the 50s coin."[/I][/QUOTE]
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