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2 Litu
| Issuer | Lithuania |
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| Year | 1925 |
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| In circulation to | 25 March 1941 |
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| Obverse lettering | LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKA 1925 (Translation: Republic of Lithuania) |
| Reverse description | The large numeral '2' is prominently displayed in the upper centre of the field, with the denomination legend DU LITU inscribed in two words beneath it. The central motif is framed by an open wreath of stylised oak and floral branches rising from a decorative floral base at the bottom and extending symmetrically on either side, their tips pointing upward without joining at the top. The design is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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Lithuania's 1925 coinage program was part of the newly independent republic's effort to establish the litas as a stable currency following the monetary chaos of the German Ostmark occupation and subsequent postwar inflation. The litas, introduced in 1922, was deliberately pegged to the U.S. dollar at a fixed rate and proved one of the more resilient interwar currencies in the region.
The .500 fineness was a deliberate economic compromise — full silver coinage was beyond the young state's fiscal reach, but debased silver still carried enough intrinsic credibility to circulate alongside the paper notes.