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1 Litas
| Issuer | Lietuvos Bankas (Bank of Lithuania) |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Currency | Old litas (1922-1941) |
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| Obverse lettering | LIETUVOS BANKAS VIENAS LITAS 1 VIENAS LITAS TURI 0,150462 GRAMŲ GRYNO AUKSO. KAUNAS, 1922 m. LAPKR. 16 d LIETUVOS BANKAS (Translation: Lithuanian Bank One Litas One Litas contains 0.150462 grams of pure gold. Kaunas, November 16, 1922) |
| Reverse description | Red and purple on tan underprint. The design is dominated by a large cross-shaped central guilloche vignette in deep red and purple tones, radiating outward with intricate geometric and foliate patterns. The denomination VIENAS 1 LITAS is inscribed at the center of the cross motif, flanked by LIETUVOS BANKO BANKNOTAS repeated in the arms of the cross, with the counterfeiting warning BANKNOTŲ PADIRBIMAS ĮSTATYMU BAUDŽIAMAS running vertically along both lateral margins. |
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The 1922 Litas issue marks the introduction of Lithuania's new national currency, which replaced the ostmark and auksinas at a fixed conversion rate — a stabilization exercise completed with unusual speed for the period. Reichsdruckerei in Berlin handled the printing, a practical choice given the firm's established output capacity and Lithuania's lack of domestic printing infrastructure at the time.
Pick 13 is notably scarcer than the higher denominations of the same series, likely due to heavier circulation attrition on low-value notes.