Freedom Fights (1918-1920)

Material silver of fineness .925

Year 2019

Mintage 4000

Artists Graphic Design: Andris Vārpa Plaster Model: Andris Vārpa

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 .925

Diameter: 35 mm

Quality: proof; with two-colour print on the reverse

Maximum Mintage: 4000

Year: 2019

Edge: The inscriptions LATVIJAS BANKA are separated by rhombic dots.

Mint: UAB Lietuvos monetų kalykla (Lithuania)

Graphic Design: Andris Vārpa

Plaster Model: Andris Vārpa

Obverse

(front)

A stylised march of fighters depicted in the Cubist manner is featured in the centre of the obverse, and a soldier bidding farewell to his fiancée – to the left of the centre. The inscription FREEDOM FIGHTS is arranged in a semicircle along the edge in the right upper part, but the inscriptions LATVIJA and the years 1918–1920 are located at the bottom part of the obverse.

Reverse

(back)

The red-white-red flag of Latvia is featured in the centre with broken entrenchment barriers on each of its sides. The inscription 5 EURO is arranged in a semicircle along the edge in the left upper part of the reverse, but that of the year 2019 – in a semicircle along the edge in the right lower part.

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Artists

Graphic Artist / Plaster Model

Andris Vārpa

Granite, bronze and wood are Andris Vārpa's favourite materials, and he possesses a natural talent – a keen sense of the specific properties of various materials and the skill to use them artistically. Since he was young, he has been deeply passionate about constructivist ideas, both in global and Latvian sculpture from before World War II. "I do not adhere to any specific style in my work," he admits. "I try to listen to the chosen material itself." The heavy, thoroughly crafted and formed...

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