House of Crafts Gift Shop in Ventspils Sells Patriotic Buttons
Ventspils.lv | 2015.04.24
It is hard to get used to the fact that lats and santims are no longer the official currency of Latvia. To keep something symbolically, it is worth finding new applications for old money.
Ziemassvētki Tallinā un Tartu
Katru gadu Tartu rātslaukumā tiek atklāts Ziemassvētku ciemats, kurā slejas dažādi stikla paviljoni, šūpoles un karuseļi, Ziemassvētku lustra un brīnišķīgā egle. Paviljonos var apskatīt sezonas izstādes, piedalīties darb...
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What cannot be put into circulation, can be held close to one's heart. Once Latvians made pins from silver 5 lats coins; now they make buttons from santims. Being a patriotic resident of Ventspils, Liga Reitere decided to order such buttons. In autumn 2013, the jeweler Andris Grebis hammered out the first buttons from 10 santims coins as well as kniepķeni* for folk jackets from one santim coins. The idea of making this kind of buttons got an incredible response. Around November 18 (Day of Proclamation of the Republic of Latvia), House of Crafts gift shop started selling the patriotic button as a souvenir. The demand for it grew significantly after Latvia adopted the euro.
We would like to express our gratitude to everyone who gave their santims to extend the memory of lats and santims!
* Kniepķens (pl. kniepķeni) – a North Kurzeme brooch consisting of two halves of a sphere connected by metal wire
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