Catalog
5 Litai Provisional
| Issuer | Lietuvos Bankas (Bank of Lithuania) |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Value | 5 Litai |
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| Obverse description | Printed in dark brown on a plain paper ground, the obverse carries a guilloche-bordered frame enclosing the denomination numeral '5' in large bold figures to the left. The central text panel bears the full Lithuanian-language legend in letterpress, with the date 'Kaunas, 1922 m. rugsėjo 10 d.' and the issuing authority 'Lietuvos Bankas' set in italic script. A warning against counterfeiting appears at the lower right within the same border. |
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| Obverse lettering | Lietuvos Banko Laikinasis Banknotas Pristačiusiam Lietuvos Bankas keičia į litus 5 penki litai 5 Kaunas, 1922 m. rugsėjo 10 d. Lietuvos Bankas Padirbimas Įstatymu Baudžiamas (Translation: Lithuanian Bank Provisional Banknote / The Bank of Lithuania exchanges litas for the delivery person / Five Litai / Kaunas, September 10, 1922 / Bank of Lithuania / Counterfeiting is punishable by law) |
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Lithuania's first independent central bank, Lietuvos Bankas, was established in August 1922, and the earliest notes it issued were provisionals — existing German-era Ostmark and Lithuanian Auksinas stock overprinted or adapted to bridge the gap before purpose-designed Lithuanian currency could be printed and distributed. The 1922 series, including this 5 Litai, appeared during the transition from the Auksinas to the newly introduced Litas, which was formally pegged at a rate designed to restore monetary credibility after years of wartime and occupation-era inflation.
Pick 6 is among the scarcer provisionals of the series, with lower survival rates attributed to the short window of official circulation before replacement notes arrived.