50 Litų Lillehammer Winter Olympics; pattern

Lithuania's participation in the 1994 Lillehammer Games marked only its second Winter Olympics appearance as a restored independent state — the country had regained independence in 1990 after five decades of Soviet occupation. This is a pattern piece, meaning it was struck for approval purposes and never entered circulation, which explains why KM# Pn1 survivors are exceptionally few. Pattern designations in Lithuanian coinage of this period often reflect the Bank of Lithuania's cautious approach to commemorative production during the early years of rebuilding a national monetary infrastructure from scratch.