1 euro cent LITHUANIA (from 2015)

1 euro cent from 2015 - Lithuanian coins

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
16.25 mm	2.3 g	1.67 mm	steel Cu-plated

obverse:

in the centre inside a circle a knight in armor riding a horse jumping left; behind knight's head year of issue; on the bottom: LIETUVA (Lithuania); at the edge a ring of twelve five-pointed stars - symbol of the European Union

reverse:

left from the centre face value: 1, on the top right in two lines: EURO / CENT; below the globe with a view to Europe; in the background diagonally six parallel lines ending on both sides with five-pointed stars (the reverse is common for all euro coins)

edge:

plain

issue date:

1 I 2015

withdrawal date:

still in circulation

designer:

Antanas Žukauskas, Arvydas Každailis, Luc Luycx (initials LL right from the globe on the reverse)

mint:

Lietuvos Monetų Kalykla (The Lithuanian Mint), Vilnius (mint mark before LIETUVA on the obverse)

mintage:

2015

69 965 000

+ 35 000 in annual boxed sets

interesting facts:

In 2007 a short series (ca. 10,000 pcs.) of coins of this type was struck to prepare the mint and vending-machines producers for introduction of euro currency. As a result of delaying the introduction the coins produced with year of issue 2007 became some kind of commemorative tokens.

last update: 16 X 2015

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