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Auction: 23190 - World Banknotes - e-Auction
Lot: 1778

(x) Lietuvos Bankas, Lithuania, specimen 10 litu, 16th February 1938, no serial number, First president, Antanas Smetona at left, reverse, 20 member of the council of Lithuania
(Pick 28s, BNB 130s), one of the most iconic and remarkable Lithuanian banknotes issued to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Lithuanian independence from Russian Empire, consecutively its circulation was prevented by the outbreak of WWII following incineration of all the Litas notes held by the 'Bank of Lithuania' in 1940-41 with 'Bank of Lithuania' becoming 'USSR State Bank', less than a handful specimen notes known, usually overprinted pavyzdys, uncirculated and unusual with Bradbury overprint, rare

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Sold for
£23,000

Starting price
£11000