Latvia 1998 100 latu

from the Stack's Bowers 2019 ANA sale, lot 23183

This specimen was lot 23183 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2019), where it sold for $720. The catalog description^[1] noted, "LATVIA. 100 Latu, 1998. NGC PROOF-67. An impressively preserve[d] commemorative issue that displays little contrast between the fields and the raised designs." Latvia recovered her independence in 1992 and coinage resumed in 1992. We can't tell what this coin commemorates.

Recorded mintage: 19,890.

Specification: 16.2 g, 0.999 fine gold, 24 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-40.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The August 2019 Chicago ANA Auction: World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.

Link to:

• 1993 100 latu, 75th anniversary of independence
• 1997 gold 10 latu, schooner Julia Maria
• 2000 lats, UNICEF
• Latvia 2008 20 lati
• Coins and currency dated 1998