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50 Litų Eurasian Lynx
| Issuer | Lithuanian Mint (Lietuvos Monetų Kalykla) |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Value | 50 Litų (50 LTL) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 2006 LMK - Proof - 3,000 |
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Lithuania's lynx population had been functionally extinct for most of the twentieth century, hunted out by the mid-1900s and only reestablished through reintroduction programs beginning in the 1980s. The coin's issuance in 2006 coincided with ongoing conservation monitoring as the reintroduced population was still finding its footing in the forests of Dzūkija and Aukštaitija — hardly a stable success story at the time of striking.