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Auction: 9027 - Bonds & Shares of the World
Lot: 273

Lithuanian Liberty Loan, 1919, a pair of specimen bonds for $50 and $100 printed by the American Bank Note Company, stylised horseman in full armour at top, orange and black and green and black, text in English and Lithuanian, issued by the Lithuanian Mission to America, with coupons, extremely fine. 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. Estimate £ 150

Sold for
£110