Lithuanian auksinas
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First Auksinas

The auksinas was the currency of Lithuania in the 17th century. It was a silver coin, sub-divided into 30 grašis, with 3 auksinas = 1 taleris. http://www.lbank.lt/lt/leidiniai/pinigu_studijos1999_2/sajauskas.pdf It was equivalent to the Polish złoty, with the name also meaning "gold", and was replaced by the złoty as the currency of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was a dualistic state of Poland and Lithuania ruled by a common monarch. It was the largest and one of the most populous countries of 16th- and 17th‑century Europe with some and a multi-ethnic population of 11 million at its peak in the early 17th century...

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Second auksinas

The auksinas was the name given to the ostmark
German ostmark
Ostmark is the name given to a currency denominated in Mark which was issued by Germany in 1918 for use in a part of the eastern areas under German control at that time, the Ober Ost area. The currency consisted of paper money issued on 4 April 1918 by the ‘Darlehnskasse’ in Kowno and was equal to...

 in 1919, at a time when notes issued by Germany and 1000 ost markių notes issued by the "Lietuvos Ūkio Bankas" were in circulation. Plans to issue currency denominated in auksinas and skatiku ( auksinas) did not come to fruition and the litas
Lithuanian litas
The Lithuanian litas is the currency of Lithuania. It is divided into 100 centų...

was instead introduced in 1922.
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