{"id":3954,"date":"2026-04-23T14:11:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T11:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroomin.eu\/en\/?p=3954"},"modified":"2026-05-26T08:52:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T05:52:58","slug":"flow-coin-wins-latvias-coin-of-the-year-2025-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsroomin.eu\/en\/flow-coin-wins-latvias-coin-of-the-year-2025-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Flow Coin Wins Latvia\u2019s Coin of the Year 2025 Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newsroomin.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Straume_new_coin_Latvian_Bank_2025.png\" alt=\"Winning Flow coin from the Bank of Latvia.\" class=\"wp-image-19058\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">| &#8220;Flow&#8221; coin | Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bank.lv\/en\/news-and-events\/news-and-articles\/news\/17583-the-coin-flow-becomes-latvias-coin-of-the-year-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Latvijas Banka<\/a> |<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Flow coin<\/strong>, a unique collectible piece based on characters from the Oscar-nominated <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroomin.eu\/nr\/%d0%bc%d1%83%d0%bb%d1%8c%d1%82%d1%84%d0%b8%d0%bb%d1%8c%d0%bc-%d0%bf%d0%be%d1%82%d0%be%d0%ba-%d0%b8%d0%b7%d0%bc%d0%b5%d0%bd%d0%b8%d0%bb-%d1%81%d1%83%d0%b4%d1%8c%d0%b1%d1%83-%d1%87%d0%b5\/\">Flow<\/a> animation, has been named the winner of the annual &#8220;Latvia&#8217;s Coin of the Year 2025&#8221; competition. The coin was released in December 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background\">Design and creators of the Flow coin<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The winning coin is distinguished by its graphic design, created by the film&#8217;s director, Gints Zilbalodis, and animation artist P\u0113teris Tenisons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One side of the coin depicts the film&#8217;s protagonist, a dark gray cat. The other side features a group of five animal friends. The edge of the coin portrays the odyssey where they travel together in a boat to escape a flood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background\">Public voting results<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The best coin was selected through an open public vote with nearly 29,000 participants. &#8220;Flow&#8221; received almost 12,000 votes. A total of 15 collectible coins were evaluated in the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background\">Other Latvian collectible coins of 2025<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/newsroomin.eu\/all-posts\/\">NEWSROOM<\/a> <\/strong>notes that in 2025, <a href=\"http:\/\/\u0432\u044b\u043f\u0443\u0449\u0435\u043d\u043d\u0430\u044f Latvijas Banka\">the Bank of Latvia<\/a> issued five <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroomin.eu\/en\">collectible coins<\/a> dedicated to significant themes in Latvian history and culture. In addition to &#8220;Flow,&#8221; the series included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-newscard-hand\">\n<li>&#8220;Our Land&#8221; (graphic design: M\u0101ris Upenieks);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Sun and Wind&#8221; (design: Kri\u0161s Salmanis, plaster model: Ligita Franckevi\u010da);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;D\u017eemma&#8221; (design: Juris Petra\u0161kevi\u010ds);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/newsroomin.eu\/nr\/bank-latvii-monetu-v-chest-pervoy-knigi-latvii\/\">Latvian Book \u2013 500<\/a>&#8221; (design: Anete Melece-Olivadoti, plaster model: J\u0101nis Strupulis).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background\">International recognition and competition history<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tradition of choosing the best coin through a public vote has existed in Latvia since 2004. Latvian coin designs regularly receive international acclaim. For example, the 2024 Latvia&#8217;s Coin of the Year \u2014 the <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroomin.eu\/nr\/latviyskaya-moneta-kapusta\/\">&#8220;Cabbage&#8221; coin<\/a> (design: M\u0101rti\u0146\u0161 Rozenfelds) \u2014 was named the best silver coin at the international Coin of the Year competition. In 2020, Latvia&#8217;s &#8220;Honey Coin&#8221; was the overall world winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background\">Significance of the Flow coin<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 1993, with the involvement of a special Design Committee, the Bank of Latvia has issued 98 collectible coins in lats and 63 coins in euros.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Flow coin, a unique collectible piece based on characters from the Oscar-nominated Flow animation, has been named the winner of the annual \u201cLatvia\u2019s Coin of the Year 2025\u201d competition. The coin was released in December 2025. Design and creators of the Flow coin The winning coin is distinguished by its graphic design, created by [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3953,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_newsroomin_seo_keywords":"","_newsroomin_seo_lead_override":"","_newsroomin_disable_ads":false,"_newsroomin_is_archived":"","_newsroomin_tooltips":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1599,1604],"tags":[469,1305,1304,392,1306],"class_list":["post-3954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latvia","category-news","tag-coin","tag-coin-of-the-year","tag-flow","tag-latvia","tag-numismatics"],"tooltips":[],"newsroomin_tooltips":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsroomin.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsroomin.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsroomin.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsroomin.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsroomin.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsroomin.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsroomin.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsroomin.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsroomin.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsroomin.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}