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The Lithuanian national arms, the Vytis, depicted as an armoured knight on horseback galloping to the left, bearing a raised sword in the right hand and a shield decorated with a double cross on the left arm. A stylised castle mark appears in the lower centre of the field, flanked by two floral ornaments, with the date 1925 inscribed below. The circular legend LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKA is arranged around the upper field, reading from left to right. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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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.