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5 Centai Provisional
| Issuer | Lietuvos Bankas (Bank of Lithuania) |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Value | 5 Centai (0.05) |
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| Obverse description | Green on unprinted paper. The face is dominated by text arranged in horizontal registers within a guilloche border, with the large numeral '5' appearing at left and right flanking the central denomination inscription. The issuing authority legend appears at top, followed by the redemption clause, denomination in words, place and date of issue, and the 'LIETUVOS BANKAS' imprint above three manuscript signatures. A counterfeiting warning legend is printed at the foot of the note. |
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| Reverse lettering | LIETUVOS BANKO LAIKINASIS BANKNOTAS PENKI CENTAI (Translation: Lithuanian Bank Provisional Banknote Five cents) |
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Lithuania's first banknote series was prepared in haste following the country's monetary separation from the German-occupied wartime economy. The 5 Centai was not purpose-designed — it was a provisional stamp applied over pre-printed stock, a stopgap while the permanent Litas series was still being arranged. The underlying notes were printed by the American Bank Note Company, and the provisional overprint allowed Lietuvos Bankas to circulate them before the full infrastructure for a sovereign currency was in place.
The Litas itself wasn't introduced until 1922–1925, making these early Centas-denominated pieces genuinely transitional instruments rather than a functioning retail currency.