拉脱维亚用卷心菜形状的 5 欧元硬币翻转剧本

卷心菜是一个俚语，有时用来指金钱，但拉脱维亚最新的硬币通过被铸造成卷心菜的形状，颠覆了这种语言上的戏法。

Latvia has issued a new collector coin that is shaped like a cabbage, highlighting the vegetable's deep symbolism in the country.

拉脱维亚发行了一种新的收藏硬币，其形状像卷心菜，凸显了这种蔬菜在该国的深刻象征意义。

The Proof 23-gram .999 fine silver €5 coin was issued by Latvijas Banka on Dec. 16. It features the vegetable, which is associated with health, wealth, and wellbeing.

23 克 0.999 欧元精制银币由拉脱维亚银行于 12 月 16 日发行。硬币上刻有与健康、财富和幸福相关的蔬菜。

The Cabbage coin is flat, however, not a three-dimensional ball shape like a head of cabbage.

然而，卷心菜硬币是扁平的，而不是像卷心菜头那样的三维球形。

Cabbage is believed to have become known in the territory that is now Latvia between the 11th and 13th centuries, and it quickly became one of the main vegetables used in ancestors' cooking.

据信，卷心菜在 11 世纪至 13 世纪期间在现在的拉脱维亚地区广为人知，并很快成为祖先烹饪中使用的主要蔬菜之一。

The versatile cabbage serves more purposes than just cooking, however.

然而，卷心菜用途广泛，其用途不仅仅是烹饪。

In ancient Greece and Rome, cabbage was believed to have healing properties and was valued as a highly beneficial plant.

在古希腊和罗马，卷心菜被认为具有治疗功效，并被视为一种非常有益的植物。

According to ancient Roman mythology, the chief god Jupiter broke into a sweat as he struggled to interpret an oracle's prophecy. The god's perspiration fell to earth and turned into cabbage heads.

根据古罗马神话，主神朱庇特在努力解释神谕的预言时大汗淋漓。神的汗水落到地上，变成了白菜头。

Green cabbage leaves are also associated with the green of banknotes, and on July 26, the day of Anna, Latvians exchange cabbage leaves as gifts believing that doing so will increase their wealth.

绿色的卷心菜叶也与绿色的钞票联系在一起，7月26日，即安娜节，拉脱维亚人将卷心菜叶作为礼物交换，相信这样做会增加他们的财富。

It was also believed that eating cabbages enhances fertility, a notion that echoes the myth that babies are found or born in cabbages.

人们还认为吃卷心菜可以提高生育能力，这一观点与婴儿在卷心菜中发现或出生的神话相呼应。

On New Year's Eve, Latvians (and many others around the world) traditionally eat a preserved form of cabbage, sauerkraut, so that the year's “sour” moments or failures leave no trace.

在除夕夜，拉脱维亚人（以及世界各地的许多其他人）传统上会吃腌制的卷心菜、酸菜，这样一年中的“酸味”时刻或失败就不会留下痕迹。

Even if it is only a myth that cabbages bring wealth, health, and offspring, it is undeniable that this vegetable is an integral part of home life and cooking.

即使卷心菜带来财富、健康和后代只是一个神话，但不可否认的是，这种蔬菜是家庭生活和烹饪中不可或缺的一部分。

Artist Martins Rozenfelds created the concept and design for the irregularly shaped coin.

艺术家马丁斯·罗森菲尔德 (Martins Rozenfelds) 为不规则形状的硬币创造了概念和设计。

The obverse features the top of a head of cabbage, with the nation of issue and the denomination inscribed around the upper periphery. The reverse, showing the bottom side of a head of cabbage, carries the year date of issue, 2024.

正面为卷心菜顶部，上缘刻有发行国家和面额。背面显示一棵卷心菜的底部，上面印有发行年份 2024 年。

The edge is plain. The coin measures 30 millimeters in diameter between its farthest points.

边缘是平的。硬币最远点之间的直径为 30 毫米。

With a mintage limit of 3,500 pieces, the Cabbage coin retails for €89 each. Customers may buy up to four coins through the Latvian Bank's sales platform, www.e-monetas.lv/en.

Cabbage 硬币的发行量为 3,500 枚，每枚零售价为 89 欧元。客户可以通过拉脱维亚银行的销售平台 www.e-monetas.lv/en 购买最多 4 枚硬币。