Latvia - 100 Lats 2007

One Hundred Lats - Replacement Note

Brief Description
Governor - Ilmars Rimsevics
Dimensions – 130mm x 65mm
Prefix number series - A/0/A; Replacement A/0/Z
Date issue - 21 May 2007, note printed with year 2007

Obverse - A portrait of Krisjanis Barons and a stylised oak-leaf (a see-through register) are superimposed on a motif of traditional Latvian ornaments. There is a vertical translucent band on the left of the portrait, which covers the see-through register and the transparent window above it, with the latter featuring a red semicircle of the Sun on a light background and the letterings "Ls" in four displaced lines on a dark background. There is a silver semicircle of the Sun between the transparent window and the see-through register. Across the top of the banknote, there is the inscription "LATVIJAS BANKAS NAUDAS ZIME" (money note of the Bank of Latvia). Across the bottom of the banknote, there are the inscriptions "SIMT LATU" (one hundred lats) in two-coloured print, "LATVIJAS BANKA" (Bank of Latvia), the facsimile signature of the Governor of the Bank of Latvia, and the serial number of the banknote in black print. On the right side of the banknote, there is a vertical ornamental band composed of the motif of Lielvarde belt and the numeral 100. On the left side of the banknote, there are two relief dots (Braille) in red print arranged diagonally on a white background; and the serial number in red print on the left of the relief dots, with a watermark incorporated beneath. Below the watermark, there is a horizontal band with a colour changing optical effect and the numeral 100; a horizontal band with the numerals 100 in greyish brown print and the numeral 100 in a larger reddish brown print, which changes to greyish green or brown when the banknote is tilted, and acquires a different shade under the impact of heat.

This note has a watermark of a young woman in national costume.

Reverse - It depicts a variety of Lielvarde belt ornaments. A vertical metallic holographic band with the lettering "Ls" and the inscriptions of the nominal value "Ls 100" (a see-through register) on the left of the ornaments and a stylised oak-leaf on the right are worked into the paper. At the top of the banknote, there is the inscription "SIMT LATU" (one hundred lats) in two-coloured print and the numeral 100. The numeral 100 and the inscription "LATVIJAS BANKAS NAUDAS ZIME" (money note of the Bank of Latvia) in two-coloured print are at the bottom of the banknote. A vertical band with the numeral 100 arranged slantwise and diagonal stripes that shade into one another is on the left of the ornaments. Along the edge of the band, there is a vertical inscription "LATVIJAS BANKA 1992" (Bank of Latvia 1992) on a white background. A design of the large coat of arms of the Republic of Latvia, with the year 2007 inscribed beneath it, is depicted on a white background in the right lower corner of the banknote. Above the coat of arms, the paper is watermarked.