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50 Litų January 13, 1991
| Issuer | Bank of Lithuania (Lietuvos Bankas) |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Diameter | 34 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays the Lithuanian state coat of arms — the Vytis, a mounted knight in armour — centrally placed within a heraldic shield. Flanking the shield on either side are symmetrically arranged decorative ribbons that flow downward toward the lower rim. The legend LIETUVA arcs along the upper field, while the denomination 50 LITŲ and the mint mark LMK appear in the lower portion of the field. The overall design is executed in a clean, relief style consistent with modern commemorative coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | LIETUVA LMK 50 LITŲ |
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January 13, 1991 — "Bloody Sunday" in Lithuanian memory — was the night Soviet forces stormed the Vilnius TV Tower, killing fourteen civilians who had gathered to defend it with their bodies. The attack backfired catastrophically on Moscow: international condemnation accelerated Lithuanian independence, which was fully recognized that September. This coin was struck five years later as one of the earliest commemorative issues from a restored Lietuvos Bankas that had itself only reopened in 1990 after a fifty-year forced closure.