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Lucky coin

Lucky coin Lucky coin
Tipas: Sidabrinė moneta
Medžiaga: Sidabras 925°
Išleista: 2008
Mėnuo: December
Nominalas: 1 Ls
Tiražas: 5 000
Kokybė: Proof
Masė (g): 22.00
Skersmuo (mm): 35.00
Monetos dailininkas: Arvids Priedite
Gipsinis modelis: Jānis Strupulis
Moneta nukaldinta: Rahapaja Oy (Suomija)



Sale

Seller Price
Vladimir 190.00  [133.53 Ls] new Collector's cabinet
Anna 160.00  [112.45 Ls] new Collector's cabinet
Latu monētas 150.00  [105.42 Ls] new Collector's cabinet
Proof 160.00  [112.45 Ls] Collector's cabinet
Bruno 229.00  [160.94 Ls] Collector's cabinet
Anna 230.00  [161.64 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
Lilita 250.00  [175.70 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
Vilnis 170.00  [119.48 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
Māris 150.00  [105.42 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
ANTIKWAR999 145.00  [101.91 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
Asais 335.00  [235.44 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
Vladimirs 150.00  [105.42 Ls] old Collector's cabinet


Buying

Buyer Price
baltcoin.lv 105.00 €  [73.79 Ls] new Collector's cabinet
Vladimir 135.00 €  [94.88 Ls] new Collector's cabinet
Bruno 115.00 €  [80.82 Ls] Collector's cabinet
coins777 140.00 €  [98.39 Ls] Collector's cabinet
Ivars 140.00 €  [98.39 Ls] Collector's cabinet
Andris 150.00 €  [105.42 Ls] Collector's cabinet
Vadim 120.00 €  [84.34 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
Viktors 150.00 €  [105.42 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
Maris 120.00 €  [84.34 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
Eurogold 100.00 €  [70.28 Ls] Collector's cabinet
Ligita 130.00 €  [91.36 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
Proof 110.00 €  [77.31 Ls] Collector's cabinet
Numista 110.00 €  [77.31 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
L1 125.00 €  [87.85 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
Aleksandrs 100.00 €  [70.28 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
antons 65.00 €  [45.68 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
Buratīno 100.00 €  [70.28 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
ANTIKWAR999 125.00 €  [87.85 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
aleksej 135.00 €  [94.88 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
ppgroup 100.00 €  [70.28 Ls] Collector's cabinet
Guntars 130.00 €  [91.36 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
didzis 115.00 €  [80.82 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
Zane 177.86 €  [125.00 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
Sergej 142.29 €  [100.00 Ls] old Collector's cabinet
Игорь 170.75 €  [120.00 Ls] old Collector's cabinet

Obverse

A cat in the centre is featured against the background of roofs of a city. The inscription LATVIJAS REPUBLIKA is arranged in a semicircle at the top; the numeral 1 is placed in the lower part, and beneath it, the inscription LATS is arranged in a semicircle.

Reverse

Against the background of rooftops, in the centre a chimney-sweep is holding a ladder in his right hand and a coil of rope and a brush with weight in his left hand. A cat and inscription 2008 are placed lower centre.

Edge

Two inscriptions LATVIJAS BANKA (Bank of Latvia), separated by rhombic dots.

It is unlikely to come across a person who, at least once in his or her life, has not met a black-clad sooty man wearing a cap or even a dignified top hat. As a rule, his broadcloth coat is adorned with neat rows of polished brass buttons, and the wide leather belt has a shining metal buckle. Heavy laced-up boots balance out the chimney-sweep's habitually self-assured gait. Swung across his shoulder is the principal tool in his trade: a coil of long rope with a metal brush and weight.

Chimneys always need sweeping - wherever they are. The beginnings of the high period of chimney-sweeping date back to the 18th and 19th centuries, when urban dwellings were heated with coal, which polluted the city air and chimneys with thick soot. To prevent fires, townspeople had to take meticulous care of their chimneys.

Initially it used to be agile youngsters who were sent to the high rooftops to sweep chimneys, and, according to the 1788 rules of England, boys under eight were not allowed. Remember the sly Mr. Gamfield from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, who tried to make the little Oliver an apprentice in his chimney-sweeping business? As of 1840, the age limit was increased to twenty-one years. Thereafter, only mature males practiced the trade. Hence, the two porcelain figurines from Hans Christian Andersen's fairy-tale The Shepherdess and the Chimney-sweep are sufficiently grown-up to be bound by a selfless love.

Later on, as oil, natural gas and electricity gradually replaced coal, stoves were made obsolete by central heating. Though the services of chimney-sweeps continue to be in demand and the trade does not show any signs of dying out, the chances of running into a traditional chimney-sweep in a modern urban street are few and far between.

Chimney-sweeps are always smiling and cheerful, for they are aware that people are glad to see them - even if their chimney does not need sweeping or there is no chimney at all. This is because chimney-sweeps are believed to bring good luck. When people unexpectedly see a chimney-sweep walking down the street, they think of a wish and rub a black button for all their yearnings and desires to come true. Now and then, chimney-sweeps are even invited to weddings - as an assurance that the new family will be blessed with love, harmony, prosperity, and a flock of healthy children.

With its new coin, the Bank of Latvia aims to start a new tradition. As it is not so easy anymore to meet a chimney-sweep on everyday basis, we can rub this coin featuring the sooty man proudly poised on the chimney-top surveying the city, with a cat, that tireless roof-roamer, and a sweeping wind his only companions. If you believe in miracles, the lucky button trick should work: bring good fortune to your home, and fulfil all your secret desires.
За период с 2012-12-29 по 2022-03-28 монета подорожала на 30%

Recent changes

[2022.02.05]   Eurogold: Coin Lucky coin taken out of sale
[2021.12.02]   Rns: Coin Lucky coin taken out of sale
[2019.08.30]   Eurogold: Selling price of the coin Lucky coin changed from 195.00 € to 185.00
[2019.03.28]   baltcoin.lv: Coin Lucky coin taken out of sale
[2018.12.13]   Eurogold: Selling price of the coin Lucky coin changed from 220.00 € to 195.00
[2018.11.21]   Eurogold: On sale coin Lucky coin with price 220.00
[2018.11.19]   Eurogold: Coin Lucky coin taken out of sale
[2018.09.16]   Eurogold: On sale coin Lucky coin with price 220.00
[2018.09.16]   baltcoin.lv: Selling price of the coin Lucky coin changed from 180.00 € to 190.00
[2018.09.16]   baltcoin.lv: Purchase price of the coin Lucky coin changed from 120.00 € to 105.00