Lithuanian Banknotes 1
100 Litu December 11 1924 Issue P25

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Note Description: Lithuania, Bank of Lithuania
100 Litu 1928 - Printer: BWC
Grade: AU 50
Country: LIT
Note Number: LIT25a
Signatures/
Vignettes:		 - Wmk: Man's Head
Certification #: 1831526-004  
Owner: Evaldas
Sets Competing: Lithuanian Banknotes 1  Score: 412
Date Added: 2/26/2019
Research: See PMG's Census Report for this Note

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Lithuania 100 Litu banknote of 1928
Bank of Lithuania - Lietuvos Bankas

Obverse: A woman in national costume, holding a cornucopia a symbol of wealth and prosperity. This woman is an allegory of Lithuania as a modern country, with growing industry and developed agriculture. (The woman on the 100 litas banknote of 1928.) Below are the symbols, meaning the spirit of the nation and the national identity: the spinning mill (folk crafts), the sieve, the plow, the sheaf of wheat (agriculture), the globe (travel, research), the palette (art), the compass (architecture), books (education), a kid with a caduceus in his hands (the key symbol of secret knowledge). In lower left corner is the stylized coat with The Columns of Gediminas or Pillars of Gediminas. Under the symbol is the inscription: "VIENAS LITAS TURI 0,150462 GRAMU GRYNO AUKSO" ("One Litas is equal to 0.150462 grams of pure gold").
Signatures: V. Jurgutis, J. Paknys, Julius Kaupas, Z. Starkus, P. Grajauskas.

Reverse: The Bank of Lithuania building in Kaunas. Denominations in numerals “100” in ornate guilloche are in each corner and in words "SIMTAS LITU" at bottom center.

Watermark: Kestutis, Grand Duke of Lithuania.
Size: 145 x 80.
Designer: Adomas Galdikas.
Printer: Bradbury Wilkinson & Co. England.

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