100 Litu

Lithuania restored the litas in 1993 after a brief transitional period using the talonas, and this note was part of the first proper emission series printed abroad while the country rebuilt its central banking infrastructure. The United States Banknote Company, which had been printing currency and securities for over a century, was contracted for the job — though the company entered bankruptcy in 1989, meaning production almost certainly occurred under some form of successor arrangement or existing contract fulfillment before the firm formally ceased operations.

The watermark remains the only security feature, a relatively thin specification for a high-denomination note, reflecting both budget constraints and the urgency of establishing a functioning currency system in the immediate post-Soviet years.