拉脱维亚发行“能源硬币”致力于科学在我们生活中的作用

拉脱维亚银行于 9 月 26 日发行了精制 0.999 欧元镀金纯银，致力于科学在我们生活中的作用以及科学家们坚持不懈地寻求人类未来问题的答案。

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.

拉脱维亚银行 (Latvijas Banka) 于 9 月 26 日发行了精制 0.999 欧元镀金纯银，致力于科学在我们生活中的作用以及科学家们坚持不懈地寻求人类未来问题的答案。

“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.

“通过象征性地代表核聚变过程，‘能源硬币’告诉我们现代世界面临的最大挑战——寻找取之不尽、用之不竭的能源来保护自然资源，并在我们这个时代的突发奇想和现实世界之间取得平衡。子孙后代的利益，”该银行在一份新闻稿中解释道。

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

该硬币由德国 Ermics 设计，并在 Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt（荷兰皇家造币厂）铸造。

Obverse design explanation

正面设计说明

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

硬币的正面描绘了主要的核能生产反应。

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.

核组件被描述为中子的银空心和质子的镀金珠子。两种氢同位素（氘和氚）的原子核融合形成氦核和自由中子。硬币中心的开口代表反应的地点。右侧刻有“5 欧元”字样。

Reverse design explanation

逆向设计说明

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.

硬币的反面描绘了两组不同程度的磨砂或镀金圆形形状在中央开口处融合。它们代表了地球上核聚变反应堆和太空恒星中维持核聚变所需的物理场。铭文 LATVIJA 位于左上角的半圆内，2024 位于右下角。

Edge inscription

边缘铭文

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

边缘特征n； 2小时； 3小时； 4He – 自由中子和氢同位素的符号。

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

该硬币重 18 克，直径 39 毫米。其发行量上限为 3,000 枚。

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

该硬币通过银行的电子商务平台 e-monetas.lv/en 零售价为 77 欧元。