2024 Latvia €5 Fine Silver Proof Coin "Energy Coin"

• Mint: Royal Dutch Mint
• Denomination: 5 Euros
• Quality: Proof
• Issue limit: 3,000 pcs.
• Alloy: 99.9% Fine Silver
• Diameter: 35 mm
• Weight: 22 grams
• Artist: Germans Ermičs
• Box/Capsule: Yes/Yes
• Certificate: Yes

Additional Information

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This coin is dedicated to the role of science in our lives and the scientists' persistence in seeking answers to questions about the future of humanity.

By symbolically representing the process of nuclear fusion, the "Energy Coin" tells us about the biggest challenge of the modern world – the search for an inexhaustible source of energy to protect natural resources and achieve a balance between the whims of our age and the interests of future generations.

The obverse depicts the particles involved in the hydrogen fusion reaction. The beads depicted on the coin represent elementary particles that make up nuclei: the silver hollows are neutrons, while the gold-plated beads are protons. Hydrogen nuclei with one proton are the raw materials, while a helium nucleus with two protons and a free neutron are the products of the fusion reaction..

The main conditions for nuclear fusion are high temperature and pressure. In stars, the conditions for nuclear fusion are ensured by a strong gravitational field, while in nuclear fusion reactors, the hot plasma is held together by special magnetic fields. The arrangement of lines on the coin's reverse resembles both the magnetic fields of large space objects and the stylised cross-section of a toroidal fusion reactor – the so-called tokamak. The relief of the coin with a recess in the centre also echoes the gravitational potential near a star or a black hole.