New Lithuanian coin The 400th anniversary of the issuance of the first map of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania

New Lithuanian coin The 400th anniversary of the issuance of the first map of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania

The Bank of Lithuania issued a 100 litas commemorative coin dedicated to the 400th anniversary of the issuance of the first map of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

100 litas coin is made of Silver Ag 925, Dimensions 42 x 42 mm, Weight 56.56 g,
The edge of the silver coin is plain.

The obverse of the coin features a stylized Coat of Arms of the Republic of Lithuania inside a shield, in the center; the inscriptions LIETUVA 2013 and 100 LITŲ are arranged in a semicircle around it, against the background of the map of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The mintmark of the Lithuanian Mint is impressed on the obverse of the coin.

On the reverse of the coin, a portrait of Radvila Našlaitėlis with the anniversary year of the issue of the map — 400 — next to the portrait, the inscriptions PIRMASIS LIETUVOS DIDŽIOSIOS KUNIGAIKŠTYSTĖS ŽEMĖLAPIS (THE FIRST MAP OF THE GRAND DUCHY OF LITHUANIA), MIKALOJUS KRISTUPAS RADVILA NAŠLAITĖLIS are arranged in a semicircle around the portrait in two rows, against the background of the map of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which was drawn the first time in Lithuania.

Designed by Rolandas Rimkūnas, Eglė Rimkūnienė and Giedrius Paulauskis.

The coin is minted at UAB Lietuvos monetų kalykla (Lithuanian Mint). Mintage of silver coins 4,000 pieces.

Source of information: Bank of Lithuania: www.lb.lt