2 litai LITHUANIA (2013) Puntukas Stone

2 litai 2013 - Puntukas Stone - Lithuanian coins

2 litai 2013 - Puntukas Stone - coins of Lithuania

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
25.0 mm	7.5 g	2.2 mm	Cu₇₂Ni₂₅ / CuZnNi

obverse:

in the centre Coat of Arms (Vytis) by Arvydas Každailis, along the top edge: LIETUVA (Lithuania); along the bottom edge face value: 2 LITAI

reverse:

in the coin centre glacial erratic Puntukas; along the top edge: PUNTUKAS; along the bottom edge year of issue 2013

edge:

five reeded sections separated by shorter plain sections; in each of reeded sections three middle mills are thicker

issue date:

29 X 2013

withdrawal date:

15 I 2015

designer:

Giedrius Paulauskis

mint:

Lietuvos Monetų Kalykla (The Lithuanian Mint), Vilnius (mintmark at the right edge of the obverse)

mintage:

2013

100 000

thematic series:

Nature and Culture of Lithuania - a series of commemorative Lithuanian 2 litai coins:

	2 LITAI (2013) Puntukas Stone
	2 LITAI (2013) Stelmužė Oak
	2 LITAI (2013) Kurenkahn Boat (Kurėnas)
	2 LITAI (2013) Distaff (Verpstė)

interesting facts:

Glacial erratic Puntukas was the largest stone in the lands of Lithuania until the discovery of the boulder Barstyčiai in 1957. Brought by the ice sheet probably from Finland, Puntukas has a volume of ca. 100 m3 with the longest axes: 6.9 x 6.7 x 5.7m. In 1943, for the 10th anniversary of the nonstop flight over Atlantic by Steponas Darius and Stasys Girėnas, sculptor Bronius Pundzius carved in the boulder heads of the pilots and a commemorative dedication.

Puntukas Stone

photo: Jmnil, licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0

last update: 1 I 2015

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