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5 Euros Eglė - Queen of Serpents
| Issuer | Bank of Lithuania |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Technique | Milled, Colored |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a colorful central vignette rendered in the style of a knitted textile panel, depicting motifs associated with Lithuanian folk tradition including a red heart, a green tree, and a snowflake pattern against a gradient background of greens and blues. To the left of the knitted panel, a crescent moon and small stars appear in the uncolored silver field, evoking a nocturnal atmosphere. A knitting needle with a looped thread runs across the upper portion of the design, reinforcing the textile theme. The denomination '5€' and date '2021' are inscribed in the right field in clean, sans-serif characters. The country name 'LIETUVA' appears incuse along the upper rim, partially obscured by the knitting needle motif. |
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| Mintage | 2021 LMK - proof - 2,750 |
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This coin belongs to Lithuania's ongoing series celebrating national folklore, issued under the cultural mandate the Bank of Lithuania has pursued aggressively since the early 2010s. The legend of Eglė is among the oldest and most structurally complex folk narratives in the Baltic tradition — a girl who marries a serpent king and is transformed into a spruce tree after her brothers murder her husband. Linguists have traced structural parallels to Proto-Indo-European myth cycles, suggesting the story predates Christian influence in the region by centuries.
The .925 silver specification places it in Lithuania's collector-circulation hybrid category, legal tender but clearly aimed at the numismatic market.