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1½ Euro Tree Beekeeping
| Issuer | Lithuanian Mint (Lietuvos Monetų Kalykla) |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#255 |
| Obverse description | The obverse presents a stylised rendition of the Vytis, the coat of arms of the Republic of Lithuania, ingeniously composed from a swarm of bees and a honeycomb rendered in pad-printing technology, which lends the honeycomb a distinctive tactile relief in the field. The legend LIETUVA arcs across the design, accompanied by the denomination €1,50 and the date 2020. The mintmark LMK of the Lithuanian Mint appears within the design. |
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| Obverse lettering | LIETUVA 1,50 € 2020 LMK |
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Lithuania's "tree beekeeping" series draws on a genuinely ancient Baltic practice — hollow-log hives carved directly into living trees, known as drevės, which were once so economically significant that medieval Lithuanian law prescribed the death penalty for stealing bees or destroying a hive tree. The tradition survived in the forests of eastern Lithuania and neighboring Belarus long after it had vanished across most of Europe.
The 1½ euro denomination itself is a Lithuanian invention, used for collector issues since 2017 and accepted nowhere as legal tender outside a narrow ceremonial definition.