5 Euro

2020Collector

KM# 210

Metal
Silver .925
With frosting of different intensity on the obverse and reverse and photo luminescent print on the obverse
Weight
22 g
Fine weight
Fine 0.65 g
Diameter
30 mm
Shape
Round
Alignment
Medal 0°
Technique
Milled

Details

Value: 5 Euro

Type: Collector

Subject: Ventastega

Notes

The silver collector coin of Latvijas Banka is dedicated to an original and outstanding evidence of Latvian history providing an opportunity to learn about and understand the course of evolution, thus making the finding of Latvia's scientists particularly important globally. The fossil remains of Ventastega curonica were found at rock exposures in the Venta River basin near Skrunda in Kurzeme. The name of the species bears reference to the Venta and Kurzeme, and by this name this animal is recognized among scientists and prehistory enthusiasts all over the world. Ventastega was a four-legged predator, with its length slightly over one metre; it lived approximately 365 million years ago. At that time, the territory of the present-day Latvia was located some degrees to the South from the equator, at the south-eastern edge of the palaeocontinent of Euramerica. Rocks and the fossils of animals and plants preserved in them are the only evidence from so ancient times. Just a few findings of Devonian tetrapod fossils are known today. Therefore, the findings of Latvian ventastega and the related lobe-finned fish are of considerable scientific importance in learning about the evolution of vertebrates. This coin is special as the ventastega's skeleton is marked with photo luminescent print. Keep the coin in direct bright light for at least 40 seconds; then look at it in the dark - ventastega's skeleton will glow. Date of issue 24-11-2020 Ventastega brochure

KM# 210

Diameter30 mm
Weight22 g
AlignmentMedal

MetalSilver .925

Obverse

Skeleton of Ventastega moving from water to land, denomination at left, date at right

Legend

VENTASTEGA

5 EURO

LATVIJA

2020

DesignerDesigner: Ivars Drulle

Reverse

Circular representation of passage of time with 365 000 000 at left

Legend

365 000 000

Edge

TypeType: Lettered

Legend

English

LATVIJAS BANKA ♦ LATVIJAS REPUBLIKA ♦

Bank of Latvia ♦ Republic of Latvia ♦

Issues

Year	Mintage	Type	Proof
		Proof

2020 Royal Dutch MintProof
Mintage
Proof price €89, no grade