The Litas is the litauische currency since 25 June 1993. It existed already during the first republic, into which years 1922 - 1940. 1993 it replaced the transition currency talonas (vagnorkos, vagnoreliai), which had replaced one year long the Russian rouble. On litauisch: 1 litas/centas, 2-9 litai/centai, 10 or more litu/centu.

Coins

Cash gives it in of 1, 2 and 5 Litas as well as 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 Centas in coins.

Lights

There are notes to 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 and 500 Litas. One finds 1, 2 only rare - or 5-Litas-Scheine, her are however still valid. The 100 - and 500-Litas-Scheine gives it since 2000, the 200-Litas-Scheine since 1997.

The lights represent the following litauische personalities:

1 Litas: "Žemaite (eigentl. Julija Beniu"ševiciute "Žymantiene), litauische Volksdichterin (1845 - 1921), on the back the wood church in Palu"še (Auk"štaitija) from that 18. Jh.

2 Litas: Bishop Motiejus Valancius, an advocate of the litauischen identity (1801 - 1875); on the back the water castle of Trakai

5 Litas: Jonas Jablonskis, litauischer language researcher, founder of the litauischen writing language (1860 - 1930), on the back a printing machine

10 Litas: Steponas Darius and Stasys Girenas, two litauische aviation pioneers (1896 and/or 1894 - 1933 with aircraft crash), on the back their airplane "´Lituanica"´

20 Litas: Maironis (eigentl. Jonas Maciulis), and poets (1862-1942), on the back the war museum in Kaunas

50 Litas: Jonas Basanavicius, scientist and politician, signer of the declaration of independence 1918 (1851 - 1927), on the back the cathedral and the bell tower in Vilnius

100 Litas (since 2000): Simonas Daukantas, historian and fighter for the independence of Lithuania (1793 - 1864), on the back the university of Vilnius

200 Litas (since 1997): Vydunas (eigentl. William Storost), teachers, Volkskundler, poets and philosopher (1868 - 1953), on the back the lighthouse of Klaipeda

500 Litas (since 2000): Vincas Kurdirka, poet, fighter for independence and author of the text of the litauischen national anthem (1858 - 1899), on the back the litauische liberty bell (Kudirkas was publisher of the magazine `the Glocke"´) before an idealized litauischen landscape

Euro and WKM II

Since the Litas is bound 3.4528 LTL 4 for February 2002 in preparation on the entry to the euro over a Currency board with the firm rate of exchange of 1 EUR = at the euro. Before the Litas was bound 4 LTL to the US Dollar with the course of 1 USD =. The euro course of 1:3,4528 reflects the rate of exchange relationship at that time from euro to US Dollar.

On 27 June 2004 the entry to the rate of exchange mechanism II. took place together with Estonia and Slowenien.

To 16. May 2006 recommended the European commission, Lithuania, to take up due to its easily over the Maastricht criteria lying inflation, not to 1 January 2007 to the euro zone. The final decision over an admission in the year 2007 presumably falls the Ecofin advice on 11 July 2006.

See also

Litaui euro coins

Related links

• Lietuvos bankas
• European central bank

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