Latvia 2000 lats KM-48
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This specimen was lot 76007 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $85. The catalog description[1] noted, "LATVIA. Lats, 2000. PCGS PROOF-69 Deep Cameo. UNICEF issue." This NCLT was struck in Switzerland by the Valcambi mint for Latvia to honor UNICEF. The Valcambi gold refinery is still in business (they are notorious for buying conflict gold) but we don't know if the mint is still operating.
Recorded mintage: 6,000 proofs.
Specification: 31.47 g, 0.925 fine silver, 38.6 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-48.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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