Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Centas
| Issuer | Lietuvos Bankas |
|---|---|
| Year | 1922 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Printed in blue on a buff-orange guilloche underprint, the obverse is dominated by a large ornate numeral '1' vignette at centre, flanked by the denomination text 'VIENAS CENTAS' in bold letterpress. The bank name 'LIETUVOS BANKAS' arches along the upper border, with the issuance date and place 'KAUNAS, 1922 m. LAPKR. 16 d.' and a second 'LIETUVOS BANKAS' legend below the central vignette. Two manuscript signatures appear at the lower left and right, flanking a boxed series designation 'SERIJA R'. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Printed in burgundy-red on a cream ground with an elaborate green guilloche wave-pattern underprint framing the central field, the reverse carries a large ornate numeral '1' at centre, flanked by the denomination text 'CENTAS 1 CENTAS' in bold letterpress. The bank name 'LIETUVOS BANKO BANKNOTAS' arches along the upper border within the guilloche surround, while the anti-counterfeiting warning inscription runs along the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
Lithuania's 1922 currency reform replaced the ostmark and the tsarist ruble with the litas system, and the centas notes were the smallest denominations issued under the new Lietuvos Bankas. The 1 Centas (Pick 7) was printed by W. Hagelberg in Berlin — one of several German printing firms contracted for the inaugural Lithuanian series, a practical choice given proximity and the lingering postwar availability of quality intaglio capacity in Germany.
Notes of this denomination circulated hard and fast; purchasing power was low enough that they passed through many hands quickly. Survivors in any decent condition are proportionally scarcer than the higher denominations from the same issue.