Lithuania 2014 10 litu

Künker sale 336, lot 6003

This specimen was part of lot 6003 in Künker sale 336 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), which sold for €240 (about US$314 including buyer's fees). The catalog description^[1] noted,

"BALTIKUM, LITAUEN, Republik. 10 Litu 1999, 2012, 2014 (2x). Insgesamt 5,00 g Feingold. Fr-12, 20, 21. GOLD. 4 Stück., Polierte Platte. (republic of Lithuania, ten litu of 1999, 2012 and 2014, four pieces total, proof.)"

The SCWC mentions this NCLT but incorrectly states that it is silver, not gold. The reverse features Neolithic amber jewelry. In 2015, Lithuania adopted the euro.

Recorded mintage: 5,000 proofs.

Specification: 1.24 g, 0.999 fine gold, 0.040 troy oz AGW, 13.92 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Fr-21, KM 201.

Source:

• 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, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
• ^[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.

Link to:

• Lithuania 2011 50 litu European Basketball championship
• Coins and currency dated 2014