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Auction: 18019 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World Online Auction
Lot: 207

Lithuania: 5% Liberty Loan, 1919, specimen bond for $50 printed by the American Bank Note Co., stylised horseman in full armour at top, orange and black, text in English and Lithuanian, issued by the Lithuanian Mission to America, with coupons, overprinted SPECIMEN. The country was gradually annexed by the Russian Empire during the 18th century, but achieved a short period of renewed independence at the close of WW1. The country was again occupied during WWII and then became part of the Soviet Union. The first state to break with the Soviet Union and declare independence again in 1990. Small chip at top edge along fold which has been reinforced on the reverse, AVF and scarce. [R10*]

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