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50 Litu
| Uitgever | Lietuvos Bankas (Bank of Lithuania) |
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| Jaar | 1928 |
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| Waarde | 50 Litų |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | Bicolour reverse printed in green and purple, dominated by a central architectural vignette of Vilnius Cathedral with its classical colonnaded portico set against an open foreground. An unprinted oval at left mirrors the obverse watermark zone, while elaborate folk-inspired guilloche panels and ethnic ornamental borders frame the entire design. The denomination '50' appears at upper left and lower right, with the value legend 'PENKIOS DEŠIMTYS LITŲ' running along the bottom margin. |
| Opschrift keerzijde | LIETUVOS BANKO BANKNOTAS BANKNOTŲ PADIRBIMAS ĮSTATYMU BAUDŽIAMAS PENKIOS DEŠIMTYS LITŲ (Translation: Lithuanian Bank Banknote Forgery of Banknotes Punished by Law Fifty Litu) |
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| Opmerkingen |
Lithuania's 1928 series, of which this is a part, was issued during the country's period of monetary stability anchored by the litas — a currency introduced in 1922 to replace the hopelessly inflated ostmark and later the talonas. Bradbury Wilkinson, the London security printer responsible for this note, was at the time producing banknotes for a wide range of newly independent states, and the quality of their intaglio work gave these Lithuanian issues a solidity that the young republic's own printing capacity could not yet match.
The 50 Litu denomination is the scarcest of the 1928 series in genuinely circulated condition. High face value meant limited daily use, but the notes that did circulate absorbed wear quickly given Lithuania's predominantly rural, cash-based economy of the period.