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The Bank of Latvia was accused of advertising of beer on the coins

21 June 2011 15:14 (UTC +04:00)

Baku - APA-Economics. Latvian Ministry of Health has sent a complaint to the country’s national bank (Bank of Latvia) in connection with the recent release party odnolatovyh coins, informs DELFI.

Dissatisfaction with the Ministry of Health was the fact that the coins show the mug of beer. According to authorities, this is subliminal advertising of alcohol and "contrary to the desire to reduce the consumption of alcohol in society."

The reaction of the Bank of Latvia to these claims is unknown.

Party odnolatovyh coins with the image of a beer mug (in reverse) were released a week ago. This was done in anticipation of a summer holiday Ligo (Latvian national holiday, celebrated on June 23 and 24).

Earlier, the Bank of Latvia issued the party odnolatovyh coins with the image of an ant fungus, pretzels, cones, snowman and a toad. In addition, produced "the coin of time" with purple fragments of niobium coins with pieces of amber, as well as coins from children’s drawings pigs (as a symbol of prosperity and wealth). Was recently also made the party square coins.