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1 Salomas
| Issuer | Lithuania |
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| Year | 2002 |
| Type | Fantasy banknote |
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| Obverse description | Guilloche underprint in blue and mauve tones with a large numeral '1' at left. A photographic vignette at right shows a dimly lit ghetto doorway, with the vertical inscription 'Ghetto in Vilnius 1943-2003' alongside. The date '2002.02.02' and the Lithuanian memorial text 'Skirta Vilniaus getui atminti' appear in the central field. |
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| Reverse description | Guilloche underprint in light blue and mauve with a large numeral '1' at left. The central-right vignette presents a ornate Judaica memorial sculpture — a menorah flanked by lions beneath a crown — rendered in dark bronze tones. The watermark-style Star of David appears as an underprint at right, and 'Serija A' is inscribed in the centre. |
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The Salomas was introduced as a low-denomination commemorative token note tied to Lithuania's broader public engagement with its pre-euro currency identity — not a circulating banknote in any conventional sense. The hybrid substrate, combining paper and polymer layers, was a deliberate technical experiment by the Bank of Lithuania during a period when several central banks were evaluating substrate alternatives ahead of euro adoption, which Lithuania was actively preparing for at the time.
Issued in 2002, three years before Lithuania formally pegged the Litas to the euro at a fixed rate, this piece has essentially no circulation history.