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2 Centai
| Issuer | Lithuania |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Value | 2 Centai (0.02 LTL) |
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| Obverse description | The national arms of Lithuania, the Vytis, depicted as an armored knight on horseback galloping to the left, bearing a raised sword in the right hand and a shield emblazoned with a double cross on the left arm. The legend LIETUVA appears in the lower field, with the date 1991 inscribed in the exergue below. |
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| Obverse lettering | LIETUVA 1991 (Translation: Lithuania 1991) |
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Lithuania declared the restoration of independence in March 1990, but Soviet economic structures remained largely intact for over a year. These aluminum cents were struck in 1991 as part of the first post-Soviet coinage series, before the litas was formally reintroduced as the national currency in 1993. The interim period meant these coins circulated alongside Soviet rubles in an awkward monetary overlap.