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2 Salomai
| Issuer | Lithuania |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Size | 128 x 63 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | DU SALOMAI 2002.02.02 Skirta Vilniaus getui atminti Ghetto in Vilnius 1943-2003 |
| Reverse description | Central vignette presents a finely detailed bronze Hanukkah menorah sculpture set on an ornate base, with a Star of David motif visible in the guilloche underprint at right. The numeral 2 is rendered at left in the same stylised script over a pale latticework underprint. Series designation appears centrally above the vignette. |
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The 2 Salomai is not a circulating banknote but a commemorative issued by the Bank of Lithuania — "Salomai" being a unit invented for the series, with no monetary value or legal tender status. These collector pieces were struck on hybrid substrate at a time when Lithuania was deep in the accession process toward the Eurozone, making domestically issued commemorative currency something of a twilight exercise.
The hybrid substrate was unusual for Lithuanian issues of this period and reflects the bank's interest in testing security materials ahead of full monetary integration.