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Lithuania 500 Litu banknote of 1924
Bank of Lithuania - Lietuvos Bankas
Obverse: Face value in ornate guilloche at left and right.
Reverse: The reverse of the note features the coats-of-arms of Lithuania’s three major cities: Kaunas, Vilnius, and Klaipeda. As an assertion of territorial and national integrity, Lithuania made several references to Polish-occupied Vilnius on its banknotes. On the left the arms of Kaunas depicts a wild ox with a cross between its horns. The arms of Vilnius depicts St. Christopher carrying the baby Jesus. The arms of Klaipeda, known as Memel in German, depicts a fortified castle with a small boat resting in the water below.
The note is decorated throughout with various Lithuanian folk motifs.
Design by Vilius Jomantas.
Lithuania banknotes - Lithuania paper money
1927-1928 Issue
1924 Issue
500 Litu 1000 Litu
1929-1930 "500 Years Vytautas the Great" Commemorative Issues