Catalog
10 Centų
| Issuer | Lietuvos Bankas |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Reference(s) | P#10 |
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| Obverse lettering | LIETUVOS BANKAS 10 DEŠIMTIS CENTŲ KAUNAS, 1922 m. LAPKR. 16 d. LIETUVOS BANKAS SERIJA O (Translation: Lithuanian Bank Ten Cents Kaunas, November 16, 1922. Lithuanian Bank Series O) |
| Reverse description | Printed in red and brown, the reverse is laid out as a mirror image of the obverse design, with the text running in reverse. A central guilloche oval surrounds the denomination '10 CENTŲ 10' in bold numerals and lettering, flanked by ornamental scrollwork at left and right. Warning and issuer legends are placed above and below the central vignette. |
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Lithuania's first independent currency, the litas system, wasn't actually introduced until 1922–1925, and these early centų notes from Lietuvos Bankas were part of the transitional framework that preceded the litas proper — the country had been using the German ostmark and Soviet ruble in the years immediately following the First World War and independence declaration of 1918. The 10 centų denomination sat at the very bottom of that provisional structure.
The extreme narrow format was a deliberate economy measure — paper was scarce and expensive in postwar Lithuania.