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2 Litai Pattern Strike
| Issuer | Lithuania |
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| Year | 1938 |
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| Currency | Old litas (1922-1941) |
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| Obverse description | The Lithuanian national arms, the Vytis, occupies the central field: an armoured knight on horseback galloping to the left, brandishing a sword aloft in the right hand and bearing a shield on the left arm, rendered in bold relief. The country name LIETUVA is inscribed in large Latin letters across the lower field, with the date 1938 below in the exergue. The design is framed by a fine reeded border. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The 1938 Lithuanian pattern coinage was produced under significant political pressure — Antanas Smetona's authoritarian government was acutely aware that Soviet and German territorial ambitions were closing in, and the regular coin program was already winding down. Lithuania would lose Memel to Germany in March 1939 and Soviet occupation followed in 1940, effectively ending independent coinage altogether. This pattern never entered circulation.
Kopicki 3661 is the standard reference for this piece among Lithuanian specialists.