Catalog
1 Litas Provisional
| Issuer | Lietuvos Bankas (Bank of Lithuania) |
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| Year | 1922 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green and gray provisional note with an elaborate guilloche border framing the entire face. The large numeral "1" occupies the left panel, below which appears the denomination in Lithuanian text, while the right panel carries the bank title, redemption clause, date of issue, issuing authority name, two manuscript signatures, and an anti-counterfeiting warning, all set within a finely engraved letterpress layout. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in green, the reverse is divided by a central guilloche panel bearing the vertical inscription "VIENAS LITAS" and two "LITAS" cartouches, flanked symmetrically on each side by a circular vignette of the Lithuanian Vytis — an armoured knight on a rearing horse — set against a finely cross-hatched background. The denomination numerals "1" appear in the lower corners, and the curved legend "LIETUVOS BANKO LAIKINASIS BANKNOTAS" runs along the lower arc of the design, with a rosette guilloche medallion at the foot centre. |
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Lithuania's monetary independence moved fast in 1922. The litas was introduced in October of that year to replace the temporary ostmark and auksinas issues that had circulated since the German occupation and postwar transition period. These provisional notes bridged the gap between the old currency regime and the fully designed permanent series — functionally necessary, typographically spartan by design.
Pick 5 is among the earliest issues of Lietuvos Bankas and was not intended for long-term circulation. Survivorship is reasonable but unspectacular.