Commemorative coins of Lithuania
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The Commemorative coins of Lithuania are minted by the Lithuanian mint
(Lithuanian: Lietuvos monetų kalykla), headquartered in Vilnius
, Lithuania
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Lithuanian Mint
Lithuanian Mint is the state-owned enterprise, responsible for the mintage of coins and decorations of Lithuania. The shareholding is managed by the central bank of Lithuania. Lithuanian mintage tradition traces its history back to Algirdas times, when in Vilnius, capital city of Lithuania, was...
(Lithuanian: Lietuvos monetų kalykla), headquartered in Vilnius
Vilnius
Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County...
, Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
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Commemorative coins issued 1993-2009
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100 litas (gold) | 2008 | 1000th anniversary of the name of Lithuania Name of Lithuania The first known record of the name of Lithuania is in a 9 March 1009 story of Saint Bruno recorded in the Quedlinburg Chronicle . The Chronicle recorded a Latinized Slavic form of the name Lietuva: Litua pronounced [litvā]... |
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50 litas | 2008 | Silver Coin programme „Europe. European Cultural Heritage“ |
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50 litas | 2008 | Kaunas Castle Kaunas Castle Kaunas Castle is located in Kaunas, Lithuania. Archeological evidence suggests that it was originally built during the mid-14th century, in the Gothic style. Its site is strategic – a rise on the banks of the Nemunas River near its confluence with the Neris River... (from the series "Historical and Architectural Monuments of Lithuania") |
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50 litas | 2008 | 550th Birth Anniversary of St. Casimir |
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50 litas | 2007 | 2008 Summer Olympics 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events... |
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100 litas (gold) | 2007 | 1000th anniversary of the name of Lithuania Name of Lithuania The first known record of the name of Lithuania is in a 9 March 1009 story of Saint Bruno recorded in the Quedlinburg Chronicle . The Chronicle recorded a Latinized Slavic form of the name Lietuva: Litua pronounced [litvā]... |
| 50 litas | 2007 | Panemunė Castle Panemune Castle Panemunė Castle is a castle on the right bank of the Nemunas river, in Vytėnai, Jurbarkas district, Lithuania.The initial hillfort of the Teutonic Knights was replaced by a castle built in 1604-1610 and reconstructed around 1759 by Giełgud family. Remaining wings of the castle have been recently... (from the series "Historical and Architectural Monuments of Lithuania") |
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10 litas (gold) | 2007 | International programme "The Smallest Gold Coins of the World. History of Gold" |
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50 litas | 2006 | Uprising of 1831 and the 200th birth anniversary of its heroine Emilija Pliaterytė |
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50 litas | 2006 | Medininkai Castle Medininkai Castle Medininkai Castle , a medieval castle in Vilnius district, Lithuania, was built in the late 13th century or the first quarter of the 14th century. The defensive perimeter of the castle was 6.5 hectares; it is the largest enclosure type castle in Lithuania.... (from the series "Historical and Architectural Monuments of Lithuania") |
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50 litas | 2006 | Lithuanian nature |
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50 litas | 2005 | The 100th Anniversary of the Great Seimas of Vilnius Great Seimas of Vilnius The Great Seimas of Vilnius , was a major assembly held on December 4 and 5, 1905 in Vilnius, Lithuania, then part of the Russian Empire, largely inspired by the Russian Revolution of 1905. It was the first modern national congress in Lithuania and dealt primarily not with the social issues that... |
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500 litas (gold) | 2005 | Reconstruction of the Royal Palace of Lithuania Royal Palace of Lithuania The Royal Palace of Lithuania was a palace in Vilnius, Lithuania, built in the 15th century for the rulers of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The Royal Palace in the Lower Castle evolved over the years and prospered during the 16th and mid-17th centuries. For four centuries the Palace was the... |
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50 litas | 2005 | Cardinal Vincentas Sladkevičius Vincentas Sladkevicius Vincentas Sladkevičius, MIC was a Lithuanian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Kaunas from 1989 to 1996, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1988.-Biography:... (1920–2000) |
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50 litas | 2005 | The 150th anniversary of the National Museum of Lithuania National Museum of Lithuania The National Museum of Lithuania , established in 1952, is a state-sponsored historical museum that encompasses several significant structures and a wide collection of written materials and artifacts. It also organizes archeological digs in Lithuania.... |
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50 litas | 2005 | Kernavė Kernave Kernavė was a medieval capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and today is a tourist attraction and an archeological site . It is located in the Širvintos district municipality located in southeast Lithuania... (from the series "Historical and Architectural Monuments of Lithuania") |
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50 litas | 2004 | The Curonian spit Curonian Spit The Curonian Spit is a 98 km long, thin, curved sand-dune spit that separates the Curonian Lagoon from the Baltic Sea coast. Its southern portion lies within Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia and its northern within southwestern Lithuania... (UNESCO World Heritage) |
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50 litas | 2004 | The 475th anniversary of the First Statute of Lithuania |
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50 litas | 2004 | Pažaislis Monastery Pažaislis Monastery Pažaislis monastery and church form the largest monastery complex in Lithuania, and the most magnificent example of Italian baroque architecture in the country... (from the series "Historical and Architectural monuments of Lithuania") |
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50 litas | 2004 | The 425th anniversary of Vilnius University Vilnius University Vilnius University is the oldest university in the Baltic states and one of the oldest in Eastern Europe. It is also the largest university in Lithuania.... |
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200 litas | 2003 | The 750th anniversary of the coronation of Mindaugas Mindaugas Mindaugas was the first known Grand Duke of Lithuania and the only King of Lithuania. Little is known of his origins, early life, or rise to power; he is mentioned in a 1219 treaty as an elder duke, and in 1236 as the leader of all the Lithuanians... (see also: Seal of Mindaugas Seal of Mindaugas The Seal of Mindaugas is a medieval seal affixed to the October 1255 act by Mindaugas, King of Lithuania, granting Selonia to the Teutonic Knights. An academic debate is ongoing to determine authenticity of the act and the seal as they might have been forged by the Knights. If it is authentic then... ) |
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50 litas | 2003 | Vilnius Cathedral Vilnius Cathedral The Cathedral of Vilnius is the main Roman Catholic Cathedral of Lithuania.It is situated in Vilnius Old Town, just off of Cathedral Square. It is the heart of Lithuania's Catholic spiritual life.... (from the series "Historical and Architectural Monuments of Lithuania") |
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50 litas | 2003 | 2004 Summer Olympics 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team... |
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10 litas | 2002 | Klaipėda Klaipeda Klaipėda is a city in Lithuania situated at the mouth of the Nemunas River where it flows into the Baltic Sea. It is the third largest city in Lithuania and the capital of Klaipėda County.... (from the series "Cities of Lithuania") |
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5 litas | 2002 | Lithuanian nature (within the International coin program "Endangered Wildlife") |
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50 litas | 2002 | Trakai Island Castle Trakai Island Castle Trakai Island Castle is an island castle located in Trakai, Lithuania on an island in Lake Galvė. The castle is sometimes referred to as "Little Marienburg". The construction of the stone castle was begun in the 14th century by Kęstutis, and around 1409 major works were completed by his son... (from the series "Historical and Architectural Monuments of Lithuania") |
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50 litas | 2001 | The 200th birth anniversary of Motiejus Valančius Motiejus Valancius Motiejus Valančius was a Catholic bishop of Samogitia, historian and one of the best known Lithuanian writers of the 19th century.-Biography:... (1801-1875) |
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50 litas | 2001 | 150th birth anniversary of Jonas Basanavičius Jonas Basanavicius Jonas Basanavičius was an activist and proponent of Lithuania's National Revival and founder of the first Lithuanian language newspaper Aušra. He was one of the initiators and the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 1905 Congress of Lithuanians, the Great Seimas of Vilnius... (1851-1927) |
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50 litas | 2000 | New Millennium Millennium A millennium is a period of time equal to one thousand years —from the Latin phrase , thousand, and , year—often but not necessarily related numerically to a particular dating system.... |
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100 litas (gold) | 2000 | Vytautas the Great Vytautas the Great Vytautas ; styled "the Great" from the 15th century onwards; c. 1350 October 27, 1430) was one of the most famous rulers of medieval Lithuania. Vytautas was the ruler of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania which chiefly encompassed the Lithuanians and Ruthenians... , the Grand Duke of Lithuania (from the series "Rulers of Lithuania") |
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50 litas | 2000 | Vytautas the Great Vytautas the Great Vytautas ; styled "the Great" from the 15th century onwards; c. 1350 October 27, 1430) was one of the most famous rulers of medieval Lithuania. Vytautas was the ruler of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania which chiefly encompassed the Lithuanians and Ruthenians... , the Grand Duke of Lithuania (from the series "Rulers of Lithuania") |
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50 litas | 2000 | 2000 Summer Olympics 2000 Summer Olympics The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia... |
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50 litas | 2000 | 10th anniversary of the reestablishment of independence Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania The Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania or Act of March 11 was an independence declaration by the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic adopted on March 11, 1990... |
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50 litas | 2000 | 350th anniversary of publication "The Great Art of Artillery" by Kazimierz Siemienowicz Kazimierz Siemienowicz Kazimierz Siemienowicz , was a Polish-Lithuanian general of artillery, gunsmith, military engineer, artillery specialist and pioneer of rocketry. Born in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, he served the armies of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, a federation of Poland and the Grand Duchy, and in the... |
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10 litas (gold) | 1999 | International programme "The Smallest Gold Coins of the World. History of Gold" |
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50 litas | 1999 | Kęstutis Kestutis Kęstutis was monarch of medieval Lithuania. He was the Duke of Trakai and governed the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, 1342–82, together with his brother Algirdas , and with his nephew Jogaila... , the Grand Duke of Lithuania (from the series "Rulers of Lithuania") |
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50 litas | 1999 | The 10th anniversary of the Baltic Way Baltic Way The Baltic Way or Baltic Chain was a peaceful political demonstration that occurred on August 23, 1989. Approximately two million people joined their hands to form a human chain spanning over across the three Baltic states – Estonian SSR, Latvian SSR, and Lithuanian SSR, republics of the Soviet... |
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50 litas | 1999 | Vincas Kudirka Vincas Kudirka Vincas Kudirka was a Lithuanian poet and physician, and the author of both the music and lyrics of the Lithuanian National Anthem, Tautiška giesmė. He is regarded in Lithuania as a National Hero. Kudirka used pen names - V... (1858-1899) |
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10 litas | 1999 | Kaunas Kaunas Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania and has historically been a leading centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the biggest city and the center of a powiat in Trakai Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1413. During Russian Empire occupation... (from the series "Cities of Lithuania") |
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5 litas | 1998 | United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) coin program "Children of the World" |
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50 litas | 1998 | Algirdas Algirdas Algirdas was a monarch of medieval Lithuania. Algirdas ruled the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1345 to 1377, which chiefly meant monarch of Lithuanians and Ruthenians... , the Grand Duke of Lithuania (from the series "Rulers of Lithuania") |
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10 litas | 1998 | Vilnius Vilnius Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County... (from the series "Cities of Lithuania") |
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50 litas | 1998 | 200th birth anniversary of Adam Mickiewicz Adam Mickiewicz Adam Bernard Mickiewicz ) was a Polish poet, publisher and political writer of the Romantic period. One of the primary representatives of the Polish Romanticism era, a national poet of Poland, he is seen as one of Poland's Three Bards and the greatest poet in all of Polish literature... |
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1 litas (gold) | 1997 | The 75th anniversary of the Bank of Lithuania Bank of Lithuania The Bank of Lithuania is the central bank of the Republic of Lithuania. The Bank of Lithuania is a non-Eurozone member of the European System of Central Banks... and the litas |
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50 litas | 1997 | The 600th anniversary of the settling down of Karaims and Tatars Tatars Tatars are a Turkic speaking ethnic group , numbering roughly 7 million.The majority of Tatars live in the Russian Federation, with a population of around 5.5 million, about 2 million of which in the republic of Tatarstan.Significant minority populations are found in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan,... in Lithuania |
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50 litas | 1997 | The 450th anniversary of the first Lithuanian book by Martynas Mažvydas Martynas Mažvydas Martynas Mažvydas Martynas Mažvydas Martynas Mažvydas (1510 near Žemaičių Naumiestis (now in Šilutė district municipality) - May 21, 1563 in Königsberg (now Kaliningrad) was the author and the editor of the first printed book in the Lithuanian language.... |
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50 litas | 1996 | Gediminas, the Grand Duke of Lithuania (from the series "Rulers of Lithuania") |
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50 litas | 1996 | Mindaugas Mindaugas Mindaugas was the first known Grand Duke of Lithuania and the only King of Lithuania. Little is known of his origins, early life, or rise to power; he is mentioned in a 1219 treaty as an elder duke, and in 1236 as the leader of all the Lithuanians... , the King of Lithuania (from the series "Rulers of Lithuania") |
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50 litas | 1996 | 1996 Summer Olympics 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.... |
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50 litas | 1996 | January Events January Events The January Events took place in Lithuania between January 11 and 13, 1991 in the aftermath of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania. As a result of Soviet military actions, 14 civilians were killed and more than 1000 injured... of 1991 |
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50 litas | 1995 | The 120th birth anniversary of Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis , also known as M. K. Čiurlionis was a Lithuanian painter and composer. Čiurlionis contributed to symbolism and art nouveau and was representative of the fin de siècle epoch. During his short life he composed about 250 pieces of music and created about 300 paintings... |
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10 litas | 1995 | The 5th World Lithuanians Sport Games |
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50 litas | 1995 | The 5th anniversary of the reestablishment of independence Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania The Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania or Act of March 11 was an independence declaration by the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic adopted on March 11, 1990... |
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10 litas | 1994 | World Lithuanians Song Festival |
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10 litas | 1993 | Visit of Pope John Paul II to Lithuania |
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10 litas | 1993 | 60th anniversary of the flight across the Atlantic Ocean by Steponas Darius Steponas Darius Steponas Darius was a Lithuanian-American pilot.... and Stasys Girenas Stasys Girenas Stasys Girėnas was a Lithuanian-American pilot.... |