Description:
Obverse
The obverse of the coin is divided vertically into two fields (proportion 2: 1). The inscription 1 LATS is in the center of the right field, with the year 2006 semicircled at its lower part. The left field features the sea with a seagull flying above the water.
Reverse
The reverse of the coin is divided vertically into two fields (proportion 1: 2). The right field features an originally struck photo portrait of Krisjanis Valdemars, topped by a semicircled inscription Latvji, brauciet jurina… (Latvians, venture to distant seas…), with K. Valdemars' facsimile signature at the bottom. The left field features the sea.
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