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Amber Coin

Amber Coin Amber Coin
Type: Coin two materials
Material: Silver 925°, amber
Issuance Date: 2010
Month: November
Nominal Value: 1 Ls
Maximum Mintage: 7 000
Quality: Proof
Weight (g): 20.70
Diameter (mm): 35.00
Graphic design: Aigars Bikse
Plaster model: Aigars Bikse
Minted: Rahapaja Oy (Finland)



Sale

Seller Price
Vladimir 140.00  [98.39 Ls] new Collector's cabinet
Anna 138.00  [96.99 Ls] new Collector's cabinet
Proof 135.00  [94.88 Ls] new Collector's cabinet
Ivars 140.00  [98.39 Ls] new Collector's cabinet
Felix 160.00  [112.45 Ls] new Collector's cabinet
Vadim 137.00  [96.28 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
Rns 140.00  [98.39 Ls] Go to site
Lilita 165.00  [115.96 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
Saija 120.00  [84.34 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
Eurogold 180.00  [126.50 Ls] Go to site
Vilnis 145.00  [101.91 Ls] Collector's cabinet
JJ 100.00  [70.28 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
Latviancoins 140.00  [98.39 Ls] Go to site
ANTIKWAR999 120.00  [84.34 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
Kirill 140.00  [98.39 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
b.moonlight 125.00  [87.85 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
E. 133.00  [93.47 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
Vladimirs 125.00  [87.85 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
artjoms 200.00  [140.56 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
Kristine 200.00  [140.56 Ls] old Collector's cabinet


Buying

Buyer Price
baltcoin.lv 80.00 €  [56.22 Ls] new Collector's cabinet
Vladimir 95.00 €  [66.77 Ls] new Collector's cabinet
Andris 100.00 €  [70.28 Ls] Collector's cabinet
Ivars 105.00 €  [73.79 Ls] Collector's cabinet
Dmitriy 95.00 €  [66.77 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
Olegs 96.00 €  [67.47 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
Vadim 95.00 €  [66.77 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
Maris 105.00 €  [73.79 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
Eurogold 90.00 €  [63.25 Ls] Collector's cabinet
Serge 100.00 €  [70.28 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
Ligita 130.00 €  [91.36 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
Normunds S 82.00 €  [57.63 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
coins777 100.00 €  [70.28 Ls] Collector's cabinet
Kalvis 65.00 €  [45.68 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
Aigars 85.00 €  [59.74 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
Proof 90.00 €  [63.25 Ls] Collector's cabinet
L1 110.00 €  [77.31 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
Buratīno 80.00 €  [56.22 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
aleksej 100.00 €  [70.28 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
antons 85.00 €  [59.74 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
ppgroup 90.00 €  [63.25 Ls] Collector's cabinet
Pēteris 90.00 €  [63.25 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
ANTIKWAR999 111.00 €  [78.01 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
didzis 110.00 €  [77.31 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
Toms 110.00 €  [77.31 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
goldsilvertrade.lv 50.00 €  [35.14 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
Romāns 120.00 €  [84.34 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
Didzis 99.60 €  [70.00 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
INGA 0.00 €  [0.00 Ls] old Collector's cabinet

Obverse

A transparent amber cylinder of appropriate thickness has been set into the centre of the coin. The inscription 1 LATS is placed in the upper left part of the obverse while the upper right part features sea waves. The inscription LATVIJAS REPUBLIKA and year 2010 is arranged in a semi-circle at the bottom.

Reverse

An eye with an amber pupil is featured in the centre of the reverse.

Edge

Plain.

Forty million years passed, and amber saw a human being for the first time…

Forty million years ago the territory of present-day Latvia looked very much different: there was no Baltic Sea, the climate was subtropical, there were thick coniferous forests, providing shelter to many species of now extinct animals. Among the vegetation, there were the so-called amber pines (Pinus succinifera). If their bark was injured for some reason, these trees oozed a great amount of resin. The resin flowed to the ground, fossilised, and, when many million years later water washed out the ancient bedrock, the waves threw to the shore small pieces of the petrified substance, which resembles frozen drops of honey in sunlight and which we call amber.

Present-day discussions about the preservation of ecosystems and global warming make us aware how fragile and subject to change is our environment. Evidence of change that our surrounding world has experienced is on view everywhere: in ancient river valleys, huge rocks left by glaciers in the middle of fields, or amber that we find in the seaside sand. The human lifespan is negligible compared to amber's but here they both are: together on the shores of the Baltic Sea. In a way, it's almost incredible: how is it possible to determine where the piece of petrified resin will end up millions of years later? How can a tiny speck of it be noticed among millions of grains of sand? Yet this meeting is possible, and at such moments we manage to overcome our being tied to a particular point in time. When we lift the amber to the sun, it once again shines in the hues of prehistoric forests that once covered the territory of Latvia.

This semiprecious stone is one of the first minerals used by the human race. Amber jewellery has been made in Latvia for thousands of years; in the Neolithic settlement in western Kurzeme, Sārnate, there had even been an amber-processing workshop. Jewellery at that time was made both for personal use and as an exchange commodity. The pieces were buttons of various shapes, beads, and pendants; some were carved into mythological figures. The oldest coins found in the Latvian territory came from ancient Rome by way of the so-called Amber Route and were paid for with amber. The routes of such coins and amber have tended to cross many times over the course of history.

Change is inescapable, yet there are ways to preserve objects of value. In the making of the "Amber Coin", a new technology was used to work amber into the metal.
За период с 2012-12-29 по 2024-01-23 монета подорожала на 64%

Recent changes

[2022.05.19]   Rns: On sale coin Amber Coin with price 140.00
[2022.05.15]   Rns: Coin Amber Coin taken out of sale
[2021.12.31]   Eurogold: On sale coin Amber Coin with price 180.00
[2021.12.27]   Eurogold: Coin Amber Coin taken out of sale
[2021.12.18]   Eurogold: On sale coin Amber Coin with price 180.00
[2021.12.18]   Eurogold: Purchase price of the coin Amber Coin changed from 60.00 € to 90.00
[2021.11.08]   Eurogold: Coin Amber Coin taken out of sale
[2021.10.17]   Eurogold: On sale coin Amber Coin with price 150.00
[2020.09.20]   Eurogold: Coin Amber Coin taken out of sale
[2020.07.02]   baltcoin.lv: Coin Amber Coin taken out of sale