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20 Litu
| Issuer | Lietuvos Bankas (Bank of Lithuania) |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Size | 135 × 65 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | 20 LIETUVOS BANKAS 1997 20 LIETUVOS BANKO VALDYBOS PIRMININKAS DVIDEŠIMT LITŲ (Translation: 20 Bank of Lithuania 1997 20 Chairman of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania Twenty Litu) |
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| Protection description | Portrait watermark of Jonas Maironis |
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The 20 Litas note of 1997 belongs to the second series of restored Lithuanian currency, introduced after independence was re-established in 1990 and the litas reintroduced in 1993 to replace the transitional talonas. Giesecke & Devrient in Leipzig handled production — a logical choice given the firm's long relationship with Baltic state issuers during the post-Soviet reconstruction of monetary infrastructure.
Engraver J. Tolvaišis was one of the Lithuanian artists involved in building a distinctly national visual identity for the series, working domestically on design while production moved to Germany.