5 litai LITHUANIA (1998-2013)

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
27.5 mm	10.1 g	2.35 mm	Cu₇₂Ni₂₅ / CuZnNi

obverse:

in the centre Coat of Arms (Vytis) by Arvydas Každailis, along the top edge: LIETUVA (Lithuania), below year of issue centered

reverse:

face value: 5 centered, below centered: LITAI, in the outer ring in the bottom part two motifs of wheat on the wind symmetric about the vertical coin axis; above the face value the motif repeated for the third time

edge:

plain with concave lettering: * PENKI LITAI * PENKI LITAI (face value "five litas" repeated twice)

issue date:

1998

withdrawal date:

15 I 2015

designer:

Antanas Žukauskas

mint:

Lietuvos Monetų Kalykla (The Lithuanian Mint), Vilnius

mintage:

1998	???
1999	???
2000	-	+ 5 000 in annual boxed sets
2003	-	+ 10 000 in annual boxed sets
2008	-	+ 4 000 in annual boxed sets
2009	???	+ 5 500 in annual boxed sets
2010	-	+ 3 500 in annual boxed sets
2011	-	+ 4 500 in annual boxed sets
2012	-	+ 4 000 in annual boxed sets
2013	5 000 000	+ 7 000 in annual boxed sets
2014	-	+ 8 000 in annual boxed sets

There were 17,000,000 coins of 5 litai denomination in Lithuanian circulation on December 31, 2013. In 2014 they were being withdrawn gradually from circulation.

interesting facts:

The winning design of new Lithuanian coins 10, 20 and 50 centų (centas) as well as 1, 2 and 5 litai (litas) proposed by Antanas Žukauskas contains clear concave and convex elements, which allow distinguishing between the types of coins even by sight-impaired. Usage of bimetal technology for the coins of higher face values 2 and 5 litas not only improved fast type recognition, but also limited forgery activities.

last update: 10 XII 2015

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