2 litai LITHUANIA (2013) Kurenkahn Boat

2 litai 2013 - Kurenkahn Boat - Lithuanian coins

2 litai 2013 - Kurenkahn Boat - 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 Kurenkahn Boat on the waves sailing leftwards; in the background another smaller boat; along the top edge: KURĖNAS (Kurenkahn); 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:

Boat of Kurenkahn (Kurėnas) type is a traditional, flat-bottomed boat with two masts constructed probably by the Curonians (one of the peoples of the Balts) before the 13th century. Boats of this type have conquered coastal waters of present-day Lithuania in the next centuries, but the construction was eventually abandoned after World War II. A replica of the Kurenkahn boat, which we present in the image was launched in 2001.

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

last update: 1 I 2015

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