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Auction: 13004 - World Banknotes
Lot: 911

Lietuvos Bankas (Bank of Lithuania), a presentation book dated 1922 with title ´LIETUVOS PINIGU ISLEISTU 1922 M.LAPKRICIO 16 D PAVYZDZIAI´ and containing two notes of each type of the series of 1922 and mounted to display the obverse of one example with reverse of another note below and comprising 1 centas (2), blue and brown, 2 centu (2), lilac and green, 5 centai (2), blue and green, 10 centu (2), mauve and brown, 20 centu (2), blue and pale brown, 50 centu (2), violet and pale blue. The following notes have serial number 000013, 1 litas (2), brown and pale grey-green, arms at centre, 2 litu (2), green and blue, arms at centre, 5 litai (2), purple and pale blue, farmer sowing at centre with blue background, 5 litai (2), purple, farmer in red background at centre, 10 litu (2), purple and pale green, man on raft at centre, 50 litu (2), green and lilac, Grand Duke Gediminas at right, arms at left and 100 litu (2), blue, pale green and orange, Vytautas the Great at right
(Pick 7s3, 8s3, 9s3, 10s3, 11s3, 12s3, 13s3, 14s3, 16s3, 17s3, 18s3, 19s3, 20s3), the 500 printed at a later date and thus not included in the album, a lovely presentation and extremely rare. All notes are mounted at corners on blue card with a transparent divider and all notes have red overprint ´Pavyzdys-bevertis. Very unusual and desirable (26 notes)

Estimate
£8,500 to £9,500