Latvia Piglet Coin Springs from Children’s Contest
In a fresh approach to designing coins, a newly issued "piglet" coin was inspired and modeled after a six year old girl’s drawing, the Bank of Latvia announced Thursday.
The art work of Emilija Adumane was selected from some four thousand children’s drawings that were entered in the central bank’s 2008 "My Dream Coin" contest.
The design replicated Emilija’s drawing, down to her use of "lac" to spell the coin’s 1 lats denomination.
The bank said the piglet is a "symbol of welfare, generosity and cheer, a star in children’s books and films, as well as a favorite image in Latvian folklore and art." Read the rest of this entry »
