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1000 Litų
| Issuer | Lietuvos Bankas |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Reverse description | Blue-green intaglio on pale yellow-green guilloche underprint. Central vignette rendered in the Symbolist style of Čiurlionis depicts two cloaked figures flanking a luminous orb that contains a stylised cityscape, evoking the artist's allegorical compositions. Denomination value repeated in ornate lettering along the upper and lower borders, framed by intricate engine-turned scrollwork. |
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| Protection description | Čiurlionis portrait visible when held to light |
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| Comments |
Lithuania's highest-denomination note of its first post-Soviet issue series carries a quiet irony: it was printed by the United States Banknote Company, a firm that ceased operations in 1989 — meaning the plates or contracted print run predates Lithuanian independence itself. The physical notes entered circulation in 1991 under the restored Lietuvos Bankas, but the production arrangement reflects how quickly the new government needed to source credible security printing abroad.
The 1000 Litų was pulled from use relatively fast once the Litas stabilized and the 1993 second series arrived. High-denomination notes from this transitional issue tend to show heavy circulation wear — they were working notes, not souvenirs.