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Cryptocurrency News Articles
Latvia Issues ‘Energy Coin’ Dedicated to Role of Science in Our Lives
Oct 04, 2024 at 08:00 pm
Latvijas Banka on Sept. 26 issued a Proof .999 fine silver €5 with gold plating, dedicated to the role of science in our lives and the scientists' persistence in seeking answers to questions about the future of humanity.
The Latvijas Banka (Bank of Latvia) issued on Sept. 26 a Proof .999 fine silver €5 with gold plating, dedicated to the role of science in our lives and the scientists’ persistence in seeking answers to questions about the future of humanity.
“By symbolically representing the process of nuclear fusion, the ‘Energy Coin’ tells us about the biggest challenge of the modern world — the search for an inexhaustible source of energy to protect natural resources and achieve a balance between the whims of our age and the interests of future generations,” the bank explained in a press release.
The coin was designed by German Ermics and struck at the Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt (the Royal Dutch Mint).
Obverse design explanation
The obverse of the coin depicts the main nuclear energy production reaction.
Nuclear components are depicted as silver hollows for neutrons and gold-plated beads for protons. The nuclei of two hydrogen isotopes — deuterium and tritium — fuse to form a helium nucleus and a free neutron. The opening in the center of the coin represents the site of the reaction. The inscription 5 EURO is placed at the right.
Reverse design explanation
The reverse of the coin depicts two groups of circular shapes in differing degrees of frosting or gilding merging at the central opening. They represent the physical fields necessary to sustain nuclear fusion both in nuclear fusion reactors on Earth and in stars in space. The inscription LATVIJA is placed in a semicircle at the upper left and 2024 is at the bottom on the right.
Edge inscription
The edge features n; 2H; 3H; 4He – the symbols for the free neutron and hydrogen isotopes.
The coin weighs 18 grams and measures 39 millimeters in diameter. It has a mintage limit of 3,000 pieces.
The coin retails for €77 through the bank’s e-commerce platform, e-monetas.lv/en.
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