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Up to the end of June 2018, 39% of the lats coins were withdrawn from circulation for a value of 28.2 million lats (40.1 million euros) and 96% of the banknotes bank for a value of 937.8 million lats (1 334 billion euros). A total of 146.7 million coins and 47 million banknotes were withdrawn from circulation.
At the end of June, 342.1 million coins, 785 tons of weight, have not been exchanged yet. Among the most unopened coins, the small denomination is one and two santims, for a total of 240.2 million coins. The unmetered currency of one meter, including special monolithic coins, is 24.2 million coins
The most unchanged notes are 5 and 20 lats, respectively 1.7 million and 841 thousand of tickets. At the end of the year 2013 and during the year, 954 million tickets and coins were exchanged, after which the active trading phase ended and people are less likely to come to us, "said Silakalns. According to the Bank of Latvia, five million lats were exchanged in 2015, four million lats in 2016 and about two million lats last year.
The Bank of Latvia will exchange lats against the euro against the euro at the official exchange rate and without commission. Damaged banknotes and coins will be exchanged for the euro as long as they fulfill the terms of the exchange, for example, more than half of the note will remain, but the coins will not be deliberately damaged by the creation of jewelry, etc.
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