Features the Vytis inside a shield, above an open book with images of Varniai, the centre of the Samogitian diocese. It is surrounded by the inscription LIETUVA (Lithuania), denomination (50 litas), year of issue (2001), and the mintmark of the Lithuanian Mint.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
LIETUVA
2001
LMK 50 LITŲ
Reverse description
Features a portrait of Motiejus Valančius, surrounded by the inscriptions 1801, MOTIEJUS VALANČIUS, 1875.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
1801
MOTIEJUS VALANČIUS 1875
Edge
Lettered
Mint
(LMK) Lithuanian Mint (Lietuvos Monetu Kalykla), Vilnius, Lithuania (1990-date)