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World Paper Money Catalog and History

Lithuania banknotes
Lithuania paper money catalog and Lithuanian currency history

• A brief monetary history:
  • Polish currency till 1795
  • Russian currency, 1795-1918
  • Mark = (2 Russian Rubles), 1918-1922
  • Lit = (0.10 US Dollar) = 100 Centu, 1922-1940
  • Russian currency, 1940-1991
  • Talonas = (Russian Ruble), 1991-1993
  • Lit = (100 Talonas) = 100 Centas, from 1993

• For Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth issues see:
  • Poland
    • Poland, till 1795
    • Poland, uprising 1831
    • Poland, uprising 1863
• For Russian occupation issues see:
  • Russia
    • Imperial Russia, 1795-1918
    • West Russia, regional and local issues, 1914-1925
    • Soviet Union, 1940-1991

• To purchase Lithuanian banknotes, please check ATSnotes world banknotes price list.

Pick #	Date
		Republic (after collapse of Czarist Russia)
1-6	1922	1, 5, 20, 50 centai, 1, 5 litu
7-20	1922	1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 centai, 1, 2, 5, 5, 5, 10, 50, 100 litu
21-22	1924	500, 1.000 litu
23-25	1927-8	10, 50, 100 litu
26-27	1929-30	5, 20 litu; commemorative "Vytautas the Great, 1430-1930"
		Republic (after collapse of Soviet Union)
29-38	1991	0.10, 0.20, 0.50, 1, 3, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100 talonu
39-46	1992-3	1, 10, 50, 100, 200, 500, 200, 500 talonu
47-50	1991	10, 20, 50, 100 litu
53-58	1993-4	1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 litu
59-64	1997-2000	10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500 litu
65-	2001-	10, 20, 50 litu

• Banknotes are attributed to last Pick's catalogue:
  • Standard Catalog of World Paper Money, volume 2: General Issues 1368-1960
  • Standard Catalog of World Paper Money, volume 3: Modern Issues 1961-
  • Standard Catalog of World Paper Money, volume 1: Specialized Issues