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5 Euros Herman Perelstein, founder of the Choir Ąžuoliukas
| Issuer | Lithuania |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Currency | Euro (2015-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse of the coin features the founder of the Choir Herman Perelstein. The composition is surrounded by the inscriptions CHORO „ĄŽUOLIUKAS“ ĮSTEIGĖJUI HERMANUI PERELŠTEIUI – 100 (100th anniversary of Herman Perelstein, founder of the Choir Ąžuoliukas). |
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Herman Perelstein founded the Vilnius Boys' Choir Ąžuoliukas in 1959 and directed it for over four decades, building it into one of the most decorated children's choirs in Soviet and post-Soviet Europe. That a Jewish conductor working within a Soviet Lithuanian institution became the defining figure of what is now a national cultural institution is a story the coin's mintage year does little to explain on its own. Perelstein died in 2007; this issue arrives sixteen years later.