Catalog
1 Euro - Užas
| Issuer | Republic of Užupis |
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| Year | 2003-2020 |
| Type | Fantasy banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is designed in close homage to the Eurozone 5 Euro banknote, employing a comparable guilloche underprint and overall compositional layout. The central vignette presents a historic riverside view of the Užupis quarter in Vilnius, flanked by the denomination '1 UŽ' and the flag of the Republic of Užupis. Principal inscriptions appear in Lithuanian, with the precise text varying between the 2003–2018 and 2020 editions. |
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| Obverse lettering | 1 UŽ 1 EURO UŽAS UŽUPIO RESPUBLIKOS BARO BILIETAS PADENGTAS ALUMI (version from 2003 to 2018) UŽUPIO RESPUBLIKOS BANKO BILIETAS PADENGTAS PROGINĖMIS VERTYBĖMIS (version 2020) (Translation: BAR TICKET OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZUPIS COVERED IN ALUMINUM (version from 2003 to 2018) BANK TICKET OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZUPIS COVERED WITH COMMEMORATIVE VALUES (version 2020)) |
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Užupis — a small bohemian district in Vilnius — declared independence on April 1, 1989, and has issued its own currency, flags, and constitution with varying degrees of irony ever since. This note is not legal tender anywhere, including Užupis itself, but that has never been the point. The Republic's founding date being April Fool's Day is not coincidental.
Balčiūnas designed the note for a community that treats statehood as performance art. Printed locally in Vilnius, it circulates as a souvenir and diplomatic curiosity — Užupis "ambassadors" hand them to foreign dignitaries with the same gravity one might present a real passport.