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10 Litu
| Issuer | Lietuvos Bankas |
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| Year | 1927 |
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| Printer | Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990) |
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| Obverse description | Green intaglio print on pink guilloche underprint. A central oval vignette contains the Lithuanian Coat of Arms — the Vytis, an armoured knight on horseback — encircled by elaborate floral and foliate ornamental work. Denomination numerals '10' appear in guilloché rosettes at left and right, with the bank title 'LIETUVOS BANKAS' across the top, the denomination 'DEŠIMTS LITŲ' in bold lettering below the central vignette, and multiple manuscript signatures with serial number and date inscription at the lower portion of the note. |
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| Reverse description | Uniface green intaglio print. A central horizontal oval vignette carries a rural scene of farmers ploughing fields with horse-drawn ploughs, set against a background of trees and open sky. Ornate guilloché panels at left and right each bear the denomination 'DEŠIMTS LITU' within an elaborate rosette frame, with the denomination numeral '10' in each corner. The bank title 'LIETUVOS BANKO BANKNOTAS' runs across the top, and a forgery warning legend is inscribed along the lower margin. |
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Lithuania's 1927 currency series was issued under the litas monetary system established just four years earlier, when the litas replaced the unstable ostmark and auksinas that had circulated during and after the German occupation. Bradbury Wilkinson were a logical choice for the commission — the London firm had long supplied banknotes and securities to smaller European states that lacked domestic intaglio printing capacity, and their work for Lithuania in this period is considered among the cleaner output of the series.
The litas held its gold peg with unusual discipline through the late 1920s, which meant notes from this issue actually circulated under relatively stable conditions — a rarity for interwar Eastern Europe.