Catalog
50 Litų Emilija Pliaterytė
| Issuer | Lithuanian Mint (Lietuvos Monetų Kalykla) |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Currency | New litas (1993-2014) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a right-facing portrait bust of Emilija Pliaterytė, the celebrated heroine of the 1831 Polish-Lithuanian uprising against Russian rule. The effigy is rendered in fine relief with period-appropriate attire and conveys a strong heroic character. Her name EMILIJA PLIATERYTĖ is inscribed in a legend arcing around the upper portion of the field, while the birth and death years 1806 and 1831 flank the portrait in the lower field. The overall composition is austere and dignified, consistent with commemorative medallic portraiture. |
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| Edge | Lettered |
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Emilija Pliater led an armed unit during the November Uprising of 1830–31, one of the few women to hold a battlefield command role in that conflict against Russian imperial rule. The Lithuanian Mint issued this coin as part of a broader commemorative series honoring historical figures central to Lithuanian and Polish national identity — a politically deliberate choice given the ongoing post-Soviet project of reclaiming suppressed histories. Pliater died in December 1831, months after the uprising collapsed, never having returned to civilian life.