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50 Litu
| Issuer | Lietuvos Bankas |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Currency | Old litas (1922-1941) |
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| Obverse description | Dark green and brown note with a portrait vignette of Grand Duke Gediminas at right, framed by intricate guilloche work. The city arms of Kaunas, Vilnius, and Klaipėda appear at left, accompanied by the denomination and issue text. The overall design reflects early Lithuanian national symbolism rendered in a classical intaglio style. |
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| Obverse lettering | LIETUVOS BANKAS 50 PENKIOSDEŠIMT 50 VIENAS LITAS TURI 0,150462 GRAMŲ GRYNO AUKSO. LIETUVOS BANKAS KAUNAS, 1922 m. LAPKR. 16 d D.L.K.GEDIMINAS (Translation: Lithuanian Bank Fifty One Litas contains 0.150462 grams of pure gold. Lithuanian Bank Kaunas, November 16, 1922. D.L.K. Gediminas) |
| Reverse description | Red-brown note with a central vignette of the Cathedral of Vilnius and its detached belfry, framed within an ornate arched gate surmounted by the Columns of Gediminas arms. Elaborate folk-art inspired decorative columns and rosette guilloche patterns fill the lateral margins, with the denomination "50 LITŲ" appearing in bold numerals at lower left and right. An anti-counterfeiting warning inscription appears in a panel at the base of the central vignette. |
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