Lithuanian Banknotes 1
500 Litu December 11 1924 Issue P21

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Note Description: Lithuania, Bank of Lithuania
500 Litu 1924 - Printer: BWC
Grade: AU 58
Country: LIT
Note Number: LIT21a
Signatures/
Vignettes:		 - Wmk: Arms
Certification #: 5003926-003  
Owner: Evaldas
Sets Competing: Lithuanian Banknotes 1  Score: 2186
Date Added: 6/3/2020
Research: See PMG's Census Report for this Note

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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.

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