1 litas LITHUANIA (2005) The Palace of Grand Dukes

for the first time an artist used the opportunity to propose a personalised Coat of Arms; Coat of Arms by Giedrius Paulauskis is centered over an circular shield; along the top edge: • LIETUVA • (Lithuania), along the bottom edge year of issue: 2005 and face value: 1 LITAS

centered schematic view of Palace of Grand Dukes of Lithuania; around the edge: • LIETUVOS DIDŽIOSIOS KUNIGAIKŠTYSTĖS VALDOVŲ RŪMAI (Palace of Rulers of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania)

five reeded and five plain sections

20 IX 2005

15 I 2015

Giedrius Paulauskis

Lietuvos Monetų Kalykla (The Lithuanian Mint), Vilnius (mintmark before face value on the obverse)

2005

1 000 000

The Palace of Grand Dukes of Lithuania was constructed in XV/XVI century during the reign of Kazimieras I Andrius Jogailaitis (in Polish: Kazimierz IV Andrzej Jagiellonczyk). It was being reconstructed and renovated until the Russian aggression between 1655 and 1661, who left the palace burned down. It has never been functional since then. Only in 2001 the Lithuanian Parliament initiated the reconstruction of the palace.


photo: Albertus teolog; licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0