Latvia 1935 santims
The Republic of Latvia was established in 1918 after the fall of czarist Russia. However, its independence was short lived, as it was occupied by Soviet troops in 1940 during World War II and the end of the war brought only incorporation into the Soviet Union. It regained its independence in 1991. Shown is a bronze santims struck for Latvia in Switzerland 1922-35. The obverse displays the Latvian coat of arms. This specimen was lot 1359 in Stephen Album sale 30 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2018), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "LATVIA: Republic, AE santims, 1935, only 15 examples known, PCGS graded Specimen-66RB, ex King's Norton Mint Collection."
Recorded mintage: 5,000,000.
Specification: 1.65 g, bronze, 17 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 1.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 30, featuring the George Anderson Collection of Tibetan Coins, the Dr. John W. Lund Collection of Swedish Coins and the Mike Edwards Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2018.
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