Lithuanian Litas
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The Litas (LTL or Lt, Lithuanian plural form Litai) is the official currency of Lithuania. Previously, currency with this name was issued by Bank of Lithuania on 1922-10-22. At the time the currency was known as the most stable and reliable in Europe. It was recalled from circulation in 1941 after Lithuania was annexed by Soviet Union in 1940. Presently litas has been in use since 1993-06-25, when it replaced the temporary currency called Talonas.
Value
From 1994-04-01 to 2002-01-31 the Litas was associated with the US dollar at a ratio of 4 to 1. On 2002-02-01 the Litas was then associated with the Euro at 3.4528 to 1 and this should not change until Litas is replaced by Euro (2007 at earliest). Since 28 June 2004 the Litas has been fixed in ERM II [1], the EU's exchange rate mechanism. Lithuania was party to joining the mechanism since joining the EU.
Characteristics
One Litas is divided into 100 cents. All coins have one side with its value printed and the other side with the national coat of arms.
There are 9 denominations of coins:
- 1 cent
- 2 cents
- 5 cents
- 10 cents
- 20 cents
- 50 cents
- 1 litas
- 2 litas
- 5 litas
There are six denominations of Litas notes:
- 10 litas
- 20 litas
- 50 litas
- 100 litas
- 200 litas
- 500 litas
Previously there were also banknotes of 1 litas, 2 litas and 5 litas instead of coins; these are extremely rare now though.
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