The Board of the Bank of Lithuania approved the plan of issue of collector (commemorative) coins in 2012-2013. The programme of coin issue  for the coming two years will be especially interesting to numismatists due to its novelties. One of them is the planned issue of 25 litas denomination collector coin for the first time.

Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania announced 2012 as the Museums Year. Therefore, next year the first 50 litas silver coin will be dedicated to the 200^th anniversary of Baubliai Museum of Dionizas Poška. This will be the contribution of the Bank of Lithuania to the programme of the Museums Year.

Next year, the 10 litas coin dedicated to art will continue the series started last year, which draws attention to the Lithuanian culture.

The series dedicated to science will include the so-called small gold coins (10 litas denomination, 1.244 g) Their minters will have to take efforts to transfer miniature images presenting the Lithuanian science to the metal ensuring good quality. The first coin to be issued next year will be dedicated to exact sciences. In the future, the coins will commemorate other fields of science that Lithuania can be proud of.

Next year, the 150^th anniversary of the famous Lithuanian poet Maironis (Jonas Mačiulis) will be commemorated. It will be put in remembrance by 50 litas silver coin.

In 2013, the 50 litas silver coin dedicated to 150^th anniversary of the Uprising of 1863–1864 will be issued.

Two coins will commemorate the 25^th anniversary of Lietuvos Sąjūdis, the Reform Movement of Lithuania. In addition to a simple 50 litas silver coin, the 25 litas coin minted from the so-called Northern gold will be issued in Lithuania for the first time in 2013.

The Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2013 will be also commemorated by two coins – 50 litas commemorative coin and 1 litas circulation coin.

Moreover, it is planned to issue the 50 litas silver coin dedicated to 600^th anniversary of the Christening of Samogitia in 2013. Meanwhile, the 100 litas silver coin (with the weight of 56.56 g) will be issued to commemorate the 400^th anniversary of the publication of the first map of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

A popular series featuring the Lithuanian Nature will be continued next year: the 50 litas silver coin will feature the national bird of Lithuania – the white stork (Ciconia ciconia in Latin) – which is included in the list of protected species of Lithuania.

It is planned to mint 5 000 pcs of each silver and gold coin to be issued in 2012 and 2013.

The mintage of the 25 litas coin dedicated to commemorate the 25^th anniversary of Lietuvos Sąjūdis will be 25 000 pcs. The mintage of the 1 litas coin made of alloy of copper and nickeldedicated to commemorate the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2013 will be 200 000 pcs.