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5 Centai
| Issuer | Lithuania |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Value | 5 Centai (0.05 LTL) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the national arms of Lithuania — the Vytis — depicting an armoured knight on horseback galloping to the left, brandishing a sword aloft in his right hand and bearing a shield charged with a double cross on his left arm. The horse is shown in full canter with all four legs extended. The legend LIETUVA is inscribed in large Latin characters along the lower field, with the date 1991 centred beneath it in the exergue area. |
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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 the transition away from Soviet-era currency was neither immediate nor clean. These aluminium centai coins were struck in 1991 as part of the first wave of the restored litas system, though the litas itself didn't formally re-enter circulation until 1993 — meaning these pieces were minted well before the currency they denominated was actually in use.