拉脫維亞發行「能源硬幣」致力於科學在我們生活中的作用

拉脫維亞銀行於 9 月 26 日發行了精製 0.999 歐元鍍金純銀，致力於科學在我們生活中的作用以及科學家們堅持不懈地尋求人類未來問題的答案。

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.

Latvijas Banka（拉脫維亞銀行）於 9 月 26 日發行了精製 0.999 歐元鍍金純銀，致力於科學在我們生活中的作用以及科學家們堅持不懈地尋求人類未來問題的答案。

“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.

「透過象徵性地代表核融合過程，『能源硬幣』告訴我們現代世界面臨的最大挑戰——尋找取之不盡、用之不竭的能源來保護自然資源，並在我們這個時代的突發奇想和現實世界之間取得平衡。

The coin was designed by German Ermics and struck at the Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt (the Royal Dutch Mint).

該硬幣由德國 Ermics 設計，並在 Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt（荷蘭皇家造幣廠）鑄造。

Obverse design explanation

正面設計說明

The obverse of the coin depicts the main nuclear energy production reaction.

硬幣的正面描繪了主要的核能生產反應。

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.

核組件被描述為中子的銀空心和質子的鍍金珠子。兩種氫同位素（氘和氚）的原子核融合形成氦核和自由中子。硬幣中心的開口代表反應的地點。右側刻有「5 歐元」字樣。

Reverse design explanation

逆向設計說明

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.

硬幣的反面描繪了兩組不同程度的磨砂或鍍金圓形形狀在中央開口處融合。它們代表了地球上核融合反應器和太空恆星中維持核融合所需的物理場。銘文 LATVIJA 位於左上角的半圓內，2024 位於右下角。

Edge inscription

邊緣銘文

The edge features n; 2H; 3H; 4He – the symbols for the free neutron and hydrogen isotopes.

邊緣特徵n； 2小時； 3小時； 4He – 自由中子和氫同位素的符號。

The coin weighs 18 grams and measures 39 millimeters in diameter. It has a mintage limit of 3,000 pieces.

該硬幣重 18 克，直徑 39 毫米。其發行量上限為 3,000 枚。

The coin retails for €77 through the bank’s e-commerce platform, e-monetas.lv/en.

該硬幣透過銀行的電子商務平台 e-monetas.lv/en 零售價為 77 歐元。