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1 Litas
| Issuer | Lithuania |
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| Year | 1936 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1925 (1936) - Minted in 1936 - 5,985,000 1925 (1936) - Minted in 1936; Proof (Less than 12 issued) - |
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Lithuania's litas was introduced in 1922 to replace the ostmark and stabilize a currency devastated by postwar inflation, and by 1936 the country was operating under Antanas Smetona's authoritarian presidency following his 1926 coup. The small silver content in this piece — half-silver by fineness — reflects interwar budget pressures on a young state still building its monetary infrastructure from scratch.
KM#76 is a short-lived type; Soviet occupation in 1940 ended litas coinage entirely for over fifty years.