Lithuania paper money Litas 5 Litai banknote of 1922
Bank of Lithuania - Lietuvos Bankas
Obverse: Portrait of a woman at the spinning wheel.
Reverse: Sower
The note is decorated throughout with various Lithuanian folk motifs.
Printed at the Andreas Haase printing house in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
The patterns of the litas note were designed by the artist Adomas Varnas who headed the commission supervising the printing in Prague.
The text on the face of the permanent banknote series translates, “Bank of Lithuania, Kaunas, November 16, 1922, Bank of Lithuania. One Litas contains 0.150462 grams of pure gold.” Based on the gold standard, the litas at the time was worth U.S. 10¢. Also contained on the face are the signatures of the officials of the Bank of Lithuania for the denominations 2 litas and higher: “V. Jurgutis, A. Prusas, P. Grajauskas, J. Paknys, and Julius Kaupas.” The various centas denominations and the 1 litas note were ordered by the Finance Ministry before the Bank of Lithuania was organized, and so contain Finance Ministry signatures. In addition to the denomination designations, the backs of the 1922 series carry the warning which translates “Counterfeiting Banknotes is Punishable by Law.”
Lithuania banknotes - Lithuania paper money
10.09.1922 Issue
16.11.1922 Issue
1 Centas 2 Centu 5 Centai 10 Centu 20 Centu 50 Centu 1 Litas 2 Litu 5 Litai
10 Litu 50 Litu 100 Litu
10 Litu 50 Litu 100 Litu