Catalog
10 Litu
| Issuer | Lietuvos Bankas (Bank of Lithuania) |
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| Year | 2007 |
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| In circulation to | 16 January 2015 |
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| Obverse description | Slate blue, blue, and green tones over a multicolour underprint; the intaglio-rendered portraits of Lithuanian-American aviators Steponas Darius and Stasys Girėnas occupy the centre right, set against a finely worked guilloche background. A vertical holographic security strip is positioned at centre left, flanked by the issuer inscription LIETUVOS BANKAS and the denomination DEŠIMT LITŲ in intaglio lettering. The year date 2007 and the facsimile signature of the Bank Governor appear in the lower register. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread, Hologram |
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By 2007, Lithuania had been preparing for euro adoption for years — the litas had been pegged to the euro since 2002, making this late-series note something of a transitional artifact issued largely out of necessity rather than monetary ambition. Giesecke & Devrient in Leipzig had produced Lithuanian banknotes through much of the post-independence period, and the relationship was consistent enough that G. Jonaitis's engraving work appeared across several denominations in the same run.
Lithuania ultimately missed its initial euro target dates before finally adopting the single currency in January 2015, meaning this 10 Litu circulated for the better part of a decade longer than many economists had anticipated when it was printed.