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100 years of basketball in Latvia

Material silver of fineness .999
Year 2023
Mintage 3000
Artists Graphic Design: Paulis Liepa
This coin is no longer available for sale. The coin remains only in collectors’ possession and in our archive as a record of its history.
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Technical Description

Denomination: 5.00 euro
Weight: 22 g
Metal: silver of fineness .999
Diameter: 35 mm
Quality: Proof
Maximum Mintage: 3000
Year: 2023
Edge: The inscriptions "LATVIJAS BANKA" and "LATVIJAS REPUBLIKA", separated by rhombic dots. Gold-plated.
Mint: Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato S.p.A. (Italy)
Graphic Design: Paulis Liepa
Obverse

Obverse

(front)

A basketball basket with a gold-plated ball on the basket's rim. At the bottom left – a semi-circled inscription "LATVIJAS BASKETBOLAM 100" ("100 YEARS OF BASKETBALL IN LATVIA").

Reverse

Reverse

(back)

A part of a basketball court with the game's tactical scheme. At the bottom centre – inscriptions "5 EURO" and "20:23".

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Artists

Graphic Artist

Paulis Liepa

"Life is not a story about reaching the destination, but rather the journey itself, the ride, the process. The brilliance of the "Life" project is that I can create anything, yet everything somehow fits together seamlessly. It is a distinctly personal romanticism, a unique world shaped by fragments and impressions," Paulis Liepa describes his attitude towards life and art. "The life story of any person is hundreds of times richer and more valuable than any meticulously crafted script," he...
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