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100 Litų 1st Map of Grand Duchy of Lithuania
| Issuer | Bank of Lithuania |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mint | Lithuanian Mint (Lietuvos Monetų Kalykla), Vilnius, Lithuania |
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The first surviving cartographic depiction of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania appeared in the 1613 atlas of Nicolaus Cusanus, though Lithuanian cartographic history is more commonly anchored to the map produced by Mykolas Lietuvis and later refined by figures working within the Duchy's administrative apparatus. This coin commemorates that mapping tradition at a moment when Lithuania was asserting cultural distinctiveness within the European Union, less than a decade after accession.
The square flan is not decorative whimsy — it mirrors the format of early printed map sheets, a deliberate design decision coordinated between the Bank of Lithuania and the mint.