10 Latu 2008, Latvia
| in Krause book | Number: 54 |
| Years of issue: | 01.10.2008 |
| Edition: | |
| Signatures: | Bank Governor: Ilmārs Rimšēvičs |
| Serie: | 1992 Issue |
| Specimen of: | 1992 |
| Material: | Cotton fiber |
| Size (mm): | 130 x 65 |
| Printer: | Giesecke und Devrient GmbH, Muenchen |
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Description
Watermark:
Latvian girl in national headdress. Allegory of Latvia.
Avers:
Panorama of river Daugava, on the background are the oak leaves. Right, vertically, Latvian national pattern.
The view of the Daugava, on the banknote, was made from the Vasargeliši observation tower, which is located between Daugavpils and Kraslava, Latvia.
For information about it, see the photo and text below.
Vasargelish observation tower. It is located 25 km. southeast of Daugavpils, It offers a view of the Daugava, which is depicted on the Latvian 10 Latu banknote, first issued in 1992.
Denominations in numerals are in bottom left and top right corners. Lower left in words.
Revers:
The image of traditional Latvian patterns. The brooch, designed as a bow. On the background are the oak leaves.
Latvian coat of arms is bottom, right.
The image of the golden rising sun with 11 wide wavy rays, between which there were 10 narrow wavy rays, was also placed in the azure upper half of the shield of the State Emblem of the Republic of Latvia, approved on June 16, 1921 by the Constitutional (Constituent) Assembly of Latvia, the draft of which was created by the returnee from Petrograd by the graphic artist Rihards Germanovich Zariņš, together with Vilis Krūmiņš, (the artist himself signed "Zarrinsh" in Russian, Rihards Zariņš, 1869-1939), who until 1917 held the position of technical and artistic director of the Expedition of Preparing State Papers (EZGB ) Of the Russian Empire and the Provisional Government (according to his projects, banknotes and postage stamps of the All-Russian Provisional Government were issued in 1905-1917).
The lower half of the shield of the Latvian coat of arms was cut, in the right silver field was depicted a wormy rebellious lion from the historical coat of arms of Courland and Semigale, symbolizing Kurzeme and Zemgale, and a silver griffin from the historical coat of arms of Livonia, symbolizing Vidzeme and Latgale.
Above the shield, three golden five-pointed stars were depicted in an arc of a circle, touching each other with two rays, symbolizing the unity of the three historical parts of Latvia - Kurzeme and Zemgale, Vidzeme and Latgale. (www.heraldicum.ru .ru)
Denominations in numerals are in bottom left corner and on the top, centered. Top left in words.
Comments:
Designers: silkscreen specialist Valdis Ošiņš and architect Imants Žodžiks.
Drawing by the engraver Jānis Reinbergs for the intaglio printing method, on banknote.
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