Catalog
1 Litas
| Issuer | Lietuvos Bankas (Bank of Lithuania) |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Currency | Old litas (1922-1941) |
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| Obverse description | Red-brown intaglio print on gray-tan guilloche underprint. The central vignette presents the Lithuanian Coat of Arms — the Vytis, an armored knight on horseback — set within an ornate architectural frame flanked by elaborate foliate and geometric side panels. The bank name LIETUVOS BANKAS appears in a ruled panel at the top, with denomination panels reading VIENAS LITAS on each lateral border, and gold-content and issuance date inscriptions flanking the central vignette below. |
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| Obverse lettering | LIETUVOS BANKAS VIENAS LITAS 1 VIENAS LITAS TURI 0,150462 GRAMŲ GRYNO AUKSO. KAUNAS, 1922 m. LAPKR. 16 d LIETUVOS BANKAS (Translation: Lithuanian Bank One Litas One Litas contains 0.150462 grams of pure gold. Kaunas, November 16, 1922) |
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The 1922 Litas issue marks the introduction of Lithuania's new national currency, which replaced the ostmark and auksinas at a fixed conversion rate — a stabilization exercise completed with unusual speed for the period. Reichsdruckerei in Berlin handled the printing, a practical choice given the firm's established output capacity and Lithuania's lack of domestic printing infrastructure at the time.
Pick 13 is notably scarcer than the higher denominations of the same series, likely due to heavier circulation attrition on low-value notes.