Lithuanian Banknotes 2
5 Litai 1991 Dated Issue (1993) P55

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Note Description: Lithuania, Bank of Lithuania
5 Litai 1993 - Printer: TDLR
Grade: 67 EPQ
Country: LIT
Note Number: LIT55a
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Vignettes:		 - Wmk: Arms "Vytis"
Certification #: 1831521-024  
Owner: Evaldas
Sets Competing: Lithuanian Banknotes 2  Score: 461
Date Added: 2/26/2019
Research: See PMG's Census Report for this Note

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Banknotes of Lithuania 5 Litai banknote 1993
Bank of Lithuania - Lietuvos Bankas

Obverse: Portrait of Jonas Jablonskis (December 30, 1860, Kubileliai, Šakiai district – February 23, 1930, Kaunas) was a distinguished Lithuanian linguist and one of the founders of the standard Lithuanian language. He used the pseudonym Rygiškiu Jonas, taken from the small town named Rygiškiai where he spent his childhood.
Reverse: "Lithuanian School" by Petras Rimša ("Lietuvos mokykla" also "Vargo mokykla")
Symbol of resistance against the prohibition of the Lithuanian press by the Russian Tsar from 1864 to 1904. Books in Lithuanian language had to be read secretly in the schools. Here a mother reads with her child whilst she is spinning.

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