1960s Modernism Celebrated on Latvian 5 Euro
STUDENTS OF POST-WWII history will be very familiar with the construction of the Berlin Wall beginning in 1961 and the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. These events set the tone for Americans’ perception of the Soviet Union during the “Cold War,” that tense period through which many coin collectors came of age.
What most people entirely overlook is the period between Stalin’s death in 1953
