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The coin has been designed by Sandra Krastina and minted by Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt in the Netherlands). It features the cover of "The White Book" and illustrations from it.

The coin is a dedication to "The White Book", a masterpiece created by an outstanding Latvian writer and painter Janis Jaunsudrabins (1877–1962). Its first part was published in 1914, with the second to follow in 1921. It is a fictional memoir of the writer's childhood seen through the eyes of the protagonist Jancis, and, at the same time, a panorama of the Latvian rural life at the close of the 19th century, supplemented with heartfelt illustrations by the author himself.

The deceptively provincial lessons of "The White Book" are at the very heart of the patriotic call "Remember Latvia!" once voiced by Jaunsudrabins. Honoring this sincere call, the Bank of Latvia is issuing a silver euro collector coin to commemorate the centenary of Jaunsudrabins' masterpiece "The White Book".

This is the 100th collector coin and the second in the collection of euro-denominated coins issued by the Bank of Latvia (the coins of precious metal denominated in lats, in fact works of art, were called collector coins; all in all, 98 of them have been issued). Thus, the issuance of collector coins with motifs characteristic of Latvia executed in high artistic quality is continued. As before, the Bank of Latvia is projecting to produce 5–7 collector coins with the euro nominal on an annual basis.

Coin "The White Book" is legal tender in the Republic of Latvia. Its mintage is limited to 5,000.

The coin will be on sale at the Bank of Latvia (cashier offices at K. Valdemara Street 1B in Riga, Liepaja Branch and Daugavpils Branch) and such traditional points of sale as banks and souvenir and jewelry shops. The price of the coin at Bank of Latvia cashier offices is EUR 51.65 euro.