5 Litas Lithuania (1991 - ) Silver

Metal:
Issue year(s):
1925

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1925, Lithuania (Republic). Silver 5 Litai.

Mint Year: 1925 Reference: KM-78. Denomination: 5 Latai Material: Silver (.500) Weight: 13.44gm Diameter: 29mm

Obverse: Knight on horseback (Vytis) holding brandishing sword left. Stylized gethouse adn date (1925) below. Legend: LETVVOS RESPVBLIKA Reverse: Value and denomination within wreath. Legend: 5 PENKI LITAI

The coat of arms of Lithuania, consisting of an armor-clad knight on horseback holding an olden sword and shield, is also known as Vytis (“the Chaser”). The Lithuanian coat of arms is one of the oldest national coats of arms in Europe. It is one of very few containing symbolism adopted from ducal portrait seals rather than from coats of arms of dynasties, which is the case for most European countries.

Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Respublika), is a country in the Baltic region of northern-eastern Europe. One of the three Baltic states, it is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, to the east of Sweden and Denmark. It is bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and Kaliningrad Oblast (a Russian exclave) to the southwest. Lithuania has an estimated population of 2.8 million people as of 2017, and its capital and largest city is Vilnius. Lithuanians are a Baltic people. The official language, Lithuanian, along with Latvian, is one of only two living languages in the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family.

For centuries, the southeastern shores of the Baltic Sea were inhabited by various Baltic tribes. In the 1230s, the Lithuanian lands were united by Mindaugas, the King of Lithuania, and the first unified Lithuanian state, the Kingdom of Lithuania, was created on 6 July 1253. During the 14th century, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was the largest country in Europe; present-day Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, and parts of Poland and Russia were the territories of the Grand Duchy. With the Lublin Union of 1569, Lithuania and Poland formed a voluntary two-state union, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Commonwealth lasted more than two centuries, until neighboring countries systematically dismantled it from 1772–95, with the Russian Empire annexing most of Lithuania’s territory.

As World War I neared its end, Lithuania’s Act of Independence was signed on 16 February 1918, declaring the founding of the modern Republic of Lithuania. In the midst of the Second World War, Lithuania was first occupied by the Soviet Union and then by Nazi Germany. As World War II neared its end and the Germans retreated, the Soviet Union reoccupied Lithuania. On 11 March 1990, a year before the formal dissolution of the Soviet Union, Lithuania became the first Soviet republic to declare itself independent, resulting in the restoration of an independent State of Lithuania.


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CoinWorldTV 1925, Lithuania (Republic). Beautiful Silver 5 Litai Coins. XF-AU! Mint Year: 1925 Condition: XF-AU! Reference: KM-78. Denomination: 5 Latai Material: Silver (.500) Weight: 13.44gm Diameter: 29mm Obverse: Knight on horseback (Vytis) holding brandishing sword left. Styliz ...

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LITHUANIA 1925 5 Litai Silver VF

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LITHUANIA 1925 5 Penki Silver XF+

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