5 centai LITHUANIA (1991)

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
24.4 mm	1.4 g	1.35 mm	Al

obverse:

in the centre Coat of Arms (Vytis) by Juozas Zikaras, below in two lines centered: LIETUVA / 1991 (Lithuania and year of issue)

reverse:

face value: 5 shifted to the right, on the left an arrangement with angels below a leaf with cross on top, below centered: CENTAI

edge:

plain

issue date:

25 VI 1993

withdrawal date:

15 I 2015

designer:

Petras Garška

mint:

Lietuvos Monetų Kalykla (The Lithuanian Mint), Vilnius

mintage:

1991

~ 90 200 000

in circulation (on December 31, 2013)

+ 7 000 in annual boxed sets 1991

issue by year:

1992-1993	???	with date 1991
1994	???	with date 1991
1995	???	with date 1991
1996	???	with date 1991
1997	???	with date 1991
1998	???	with date 1991
1999	???	with date 1991
2000	???	with date 1991
2001	???	with date 1991

interesting facts:

In 1991, right after announcing the independence, the Vilnius Mint was not well prepared for any mass production of circulation coins. Therefore coins of a face value higher than 5 centas were ordered at Birmingham Mint, United Kingdom. The production of aluminium cents launched on October 2, 1992. They were backdated to '1991' and in this unchanged form they have been continuously minted till 2013.

last update: 1 I 2015

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