Lithuania 1997 litas
This specimen was lot 6002 in Künker sale 336 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €800 (about US$1,047 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"BALTIKUM, LITAUEN, Republik. 1 Litas 1997. Vladas Jurgurtis. 7,77 g Feingold. GOLD. R Nur 1.500 Exemplare geprägt. Polierte Platte. (republic of Lithuania, gold one litas of 1997, for Vladas Jurgurtis (1885-1966, founder of the bank of Lithuania). Scarce, only 1,500 pieces struck, proof.)"
This is the gold version of a circulating commemorative struck to honor the 75th anniversary of the Bank of Lithuania.
Recorded mintage: 200,000 for circulation plus 1,500 proofs.
Specification: 6.25 g, copper-nickel, 22.3 mm diameter; proof: 7.78 g, 0.999 fine gold, 0.250 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: KM 109 (copper-nickel), KM 109a (gold), Fr-11.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 336: Gold coins from all over the World|German Coins after 1871. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.
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