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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 ).
20 litų banknote (2001 release). Compare with 1991, 1993, and 1997 releases.. The banknote featured a portrait of the Lithuanian romantic poet Maironis (real name Jonas Mačiulis, 1862–1932) who was a great patriot and made efforts to "wake up" the nation, to inspire resistance to Russification policies, and fight for the independence of Lithuania from Imperial Russia.
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.
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.
Kaunas (from the series "Cities of Lithuania") 5 litas: 1998: United Nations Children's Fund coin program "Children of the World" 50 litas: 1998: Algirdas, the Grand Duke of Lithuania (from the series "Rulers of Lithuania") 10 litas: 1998: Vilnius (from the series "Cities of Lithuania") 50 litas: 1998: 200th birth anniversary of Adam Mickiewicz
The first litas was introduced on October 2, 1922, replacing the ostmark and ostrubel, both of which had been issued by the occupying German forces during World War I. 1 US dollar valued 10 litų. In 1941, litas disappeared for the first time. The litas was replaced by the Soviet ruble in April 1941 after Lithuania was annexed by the Soviet ...
During the period between World War I and World War II they were used by the Lithuanian Republic as a major state symbol, e. g. on Litas coins, monuments and military equipment. The Columns of Gediminas are featured on the Lithuanian Presidential Award Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas, which was started in 1928.
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.