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1 Centas Provisional
| Issuer | Lietuvos Bankas (Bank of Lithuania) |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Reference(s) | P#1 |
| Obverse description | Blue-grey note printed on plain paper with a fine guilloche underprint covering the entire field. The denomination "vienas centas" is set in large letterpress text at center, flanked left and right by numeral "1" vignettes. The upper legend states the provisional nature of the note and the redemption clause, with the date "Kaunas, 1922 m. rugsejo 10 d." below center. Three manuscript signatures of bank officials appear above the anti-counterfeiting warning at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | Lietuvos Banko laikinasis banknotas Pristačiusiam Lietuvos Bankas keičia į litus 1 vienas centas Kaunas, 1922 m. rugsėjo 10 d. LIETUVOS BANKAS Perdirbimas įstatymu baudžiamas (Translation: Lithuanian Bank Provisional Banknote / The Bank of Lithuania exchanges litas for the delivery person / One cent / Kaunas, September 10, 1922 / Bank of Lithuania / Counterfeiting is punishable by law) |
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Lithuania's first banknote series, issued just months after the litas replaced the German-occupation ostmark in 1922. The Bank of Lithuania had no established printing infrastructure at that point, and these earliest low-denomination notes were produced domestically in Kaunas under genuinely provisional conditions — hence the designation. The printing quality reflects that urgency.
Pick #1 is the lowest denomination of the inaugural litas series, making it the first standardized paper currency issued by an independent Lithuanian state. The series as a whole was quickly superseded by better-produced issues, which pushed these provisional notes out of circulation relatively fast.