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The Lithuanian litas (ISO currency code LTL, symbolized as Lt; plural litai (nominative) or litų (genitive) was the currency of Lithuania, until 1 January 2015, when it was replaced by the euro. It was divided into 100 centų (genitive case; singular centas, nominative plural centai).
Lithuanian euro starter kit. Lithuania, as an EU member state, joined the eurozone by adopting the euro on 1 January 2015. [1] This made it the last of the three Baltic states to adopt the euro, after Estonia (2011) and Latvia (2014). Before then, its currency, the litas, was pegged to the euro at 3.4528 litas to 1 euro.
The banknote was designed and redesigned by Giedrius Jonaitis. The very first draft of new Lithuanian currency had Darius and Girėnas on the 5 litai banknote. It was released in different designs four times (in 1993 (twice), 1997, and 2001). The first banknote design started an international scandal.
Pages in category "Currencies of Lithuania" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. ... Lithuanian litas; Lithuanian long currency;
All de facto present currencies in Europe, and an incomplete list of the preceding currency, are listed here. In Europe, the most commonly used currency is the euro (used by 26 countries); any country entering the European Union (EU) is expected to join the eurozone [ 1 ] when they meet the five convergence criteria. [ 2 ]
The talonas (from a Lithuanian word for "coupon") [1] was a temporary currency issued in Lithuania between 1991 and 1993. [2] It replaced the Soviet ruble at par and was replaced by the litas at a rate of 100 talonai = 1 litas. [3] The talonas was only issued as paper money.
A national currency, called the Lithuanian litas, was introduced in 1922. It proved to become one of the strongest and most stable currencies in Europe during the inter-war period. [55] Lithuania had a monometalism system where one litas was covered by 0.150462 grams of gold stored by the Bank of Lithuania in foreign countries.
The coinage of the Lithuanian litas was introduced in 1993 and was used until the introduction of the euro in 2015. It was composed of coins denominated in centas (plurals centai and centų) and litas (plurals litai and litų) Lithuanian coins can be converted into euros indefinitely at the Bank of Lithuania.