Catalog
5 Litai green serial
| Issuer | Lietuvos Bankas (Bank of Lithuania) |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Reference(s) | P#17 |
| Obverse description | Printed in red-brown and dark gray, the obverse carries a central vignette of a farmer sowing grain, set within an ornate guilloche border. The issuing authority legend and denomination text appear in Lithuanian across the face, with a gold-content declaration referencing the Kaunas date of 16 November 1922. The green serial number is positioned at the upper right. |
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| Reverse lettering | LIETUVOS BANKO BANKNOTAS PENKI LITAI BANKNOTU PADIRBIMAS ISTATYMU BAUDZIAMAS (Translation: Lithuanian Bank Banknote Five Litai Forgery of Banknotes Punished by Law) |
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Lithuania's 1922 note series was among the first issued after the litas replaced the provisional ostmark-based currency system — the Lietuvos Bankas had only been formally established in 1922, and these early Haase-printed notes were produced under considerable urgency. A. Haase of Prague was a well-regarded Central European security printer of the period, handling commissions for several newly independent states emerging from the post-WWI reorganization of the region.
The "green serial" designation distinguishes this from otherwise identical printings carrying serials in different ink colors — a variation that matters more to specialists than the catalog number alone suggests.