FINALLY! LITAS COINS AND BANKNOTES RELEASED INTO CIRCULATION ON JUNE 25!

10 Litu obverse. Light brown. Contains the bust of Steponas Darius and Stasys Girenas with their Lithuanian and American military caps. The water- mark, Vytis with the Columns of Gedimin- as below, is supposed to be in the blank space to the left. However, paper misalignment by the printers resulted in some notes having a shifted watermark up or down in the printed areas.

A defect occurred on some of the earlier printed notes, upon which the dot above the Lithuanian letter "e" was omitted in the word GIRENAS below the bust. The mistake was corrected, but some early notes with the mistake were

released into circulation, bearing low numbered "AB” serial letters. These are scarce, as the mistake was soon corrected and all notes now bear the dot above the letter "e."

The reverse features an eerie scene of the LITUANICA plan flying across the Atlantic, with smoke from the crash below.

A cloud-like depiction of North America and Europe appears on the sides.

The Lithuanian Litas was finally placed into circulation on Friday, June 25. The tempor- ary currency, the Talonas, was exchanged into Litai at the rate of lOOt to 1 L. The Bank of Lithuania established the value of the Litas at U.S. 25c. This is considerably more than the pre-War Litas, which was worth U.S. 10 to 16c.

Talonas notes were exchanged into Litai until July 20. On August 1, the use of foreign currency as legal tender in Lithuania was forbid- den by law.

1991-dated banknotes all measuring 135 x 65 mm. were released into circulation, in denom- inations of: 10, 20, 50, and 100 L. The 500 and

1,000 Litu notes were not released yet, but will be in the future. 1991-dated coins, minted in both England and at the new Lithuanian mint in Vilnius, were issued in the following denomina- tions: 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 cents; 1, 2, 5 Litai. The Lithuanian government also authorized the minting of 10,000 1993-dated 10 Litu coins to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the flight of Darius-Girenas.

It soon was apparent upon the release of the coins, that it was easy to confuse the small centas coins with the 1-2-5 Litai coins. So banknotes have been printed in those Litai de- nominations, which will be put into circulation (Continued on page 8..)

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On May 10, only one month before Lith- uania switched over to the Litas, a new 1993-dated 500 Talonas note was issued into circulation, the last of the Talonas series. The note is light blue in color and measures 120 X 57 mm.— the same as the 1993 200 Talonas note. So, there are two 1993-dated notes in the Talonas series. The 500 Talonu was only in circulation for two months, before the Litas was introduced. The reverse features two wolves, instead of a bear which appeared on the 1992-dated 500 Talonas note.

The new note was issued amidst reports of 19,000 counterfeit 1992-dated 200 Talonas notes. The issuance of the 1993-dated 500 Talonas was done as a precaution measure against counterfeiting, as higher security measures are contained in the new 1993 notes.

"Lietuvos Rytas" reported [April 18 issue] "All suspicious 200 value Talonai notes were found in Siauliai. According to police officials of this city, there are enough differences, that these copies can quickly be determined to be counterfeit. All suspicious notes are presented to the Siauliai Police Station from different parts of the city. The first two suspicious notes were found last Thursday, and this weekend 25 more were found."

IN THE MEANTIME

CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS?

The weekly newspaper LITAS ran a contest beginning last April which brings a chuckle— it uses a U.S. Dollar outline for its "Litas Litas'" money contest, with a $50 top prize.

Illustrated on the right is one of their "dollars," of which we will let you be the judge. Anyway, from the April 20-26 No. 16 issue, here is the contest information:

"Litas' readers inquired: Maybe you know, when the Litas will be intro- duced? The Litas Commission can best answer that. And until it does that, until the Lithuanian currency Litas will help the country's economy, we decided to brighten your life a bit— we issued "Litas' Litas!"

It will not only bring a smile, but will also be a help to your personal budget — if you are able to guess the three number combination, you will win "Ana'nia" company's prize— 50 U.S.

The game rules are very simple. We will print the "Litas' Litas" in three consecutive weekly issues. Each time, write in the square any number between 2 and 25 and next to it your last name, first name, address, home and work phone number. Cut it out and send it to "Litas." The last entry must have a May 7 postmark. In this way a three number combination will result. The winner will be selected on May 11 at 11 am in a random drawing at the editor's office. Those wanting to participate inthe drawing are welcome to attend."

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FEATURE OF THE MONTH. By Frank Passic, Albion, Michigan.

We thought we'd provide some balance to this issue of The Knight with a story about medieval Lithuanian coinage. Pictured on the right is an unusual item which is in the collection of the Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture in Chicago: A Lithuanian 1568 A-grashis, which has been overstruck with a Dutch doit piece of 1720.

The overstriking was done at the mint in Harder- wijk, Gelderland province, in what is now the Nether- lands. WHY?

It has been theorized that because this medieval- era Lithuanian coin is similar in size to the Dutch coin, that it was used to test the die of the 1720 coin. The 1720 overstriking shows a four-line inscri- ption on the obverse, above a small goose. If you look closely, you'll see the flattened head of Sigismund August in the background. The reverse bears a crowned coat-of-arms showing two lions rampant, with inscript- ions.

The Lithuanian reverse side, which is barely recognizable, is inverted (upside down) in relation to the 1720 Dutch overstriking.

A write-up of this particular coin appeared in the Dutch Numismatic Quarterly "De Guezenpenning" (The Beggars Medal) January 1967.

Collecting medieval Lithuanian coins is an exciting field, and we know that several of our LNA members have collections of this type. I hope that we can feature more medieval coins and medals in the future soon here in The Knight.

LITHUANIAN KINGS MEDAL SERIES

The Lithuanian Foundation in Vilnius issued a series of several medals in 1992 using designs by sculptor Vytautas Kasuba of the Lithuanian Kings. Illustrated below are the obverses of three of them. The set comes in a custom case, and each are enclosed in plastic holders. Val Ramonas, director of the Balzekas Museum has a personal set for sale for $150. You can write him or call (312) 582-6500.

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MORE DESIGN DESCRIPTIONS

20 Litu. The obverse is maroon and green. The reverse is brown and maroon. The obverse fea- tures poet Jonas Maironis (1862- 1932). On the reverse is depicted the Lithuanian Statue of Liberty, and the Vytautas the Great National Museum in Kaunas.

50 Litu. Shown is Lithuanian patriarch Jonas Basanavicius, facing left. The bill is yellow and brown. The reverse side shows a beautiful bird's eye view of Vilnius, focusing on the Cathedral of Vilnius, and the Bell Tower in front of it.

FROM THE EDITOR

This past July, your editor was able to spend a week at the ANA summer conference in Colorado Springs, CO. I had a great time, and was able to spend time in the ANA library to look up what they had about Lithuanian numismatics. For your information, they do have a complete set of The Knight.

With the ANA convention being held in Detroit next year. I'm planning to have an LNA meeting there. More on this later.

Thank you very much for those of you who have sent in an extra $5-10 in addition to the $15 subscrip- tion in your renewals. This helps us much, as we have to pay extra money for half-tones for pictures in each issue. Last issue had many photographs of medals, which ran us $A0 extra (photos have to be enlarged/reduced to proper size).

Well, the Litas is finally in circulation! I'm sorry that officials could not get their act together regarding the Litas during the past two years, and for the printing problem fiasco. Readers, what do you think of the designs? Let us know.

This issue was crammed full of "news" again, but things should settle down back to normal soon, and we'll be able to take up more space for educational articles here in THe Knight.

—Frank Passlc, EDITOR.

100 Litu. Blueish-green aqua in color. The obverse depicts Lithu- anian historian and writer Simonas Daukantas (1793-1864), who wrote the first history of Lithuania in the Lithuanian language. The design at the bottom consists of oak leaves.

On the reverse side is an historic aerial view of Vilnius, with the belfry of St. John's Church, the highest in the city, in the center.

COINS

The small centas coins were minted in Vilnius at the Lithuanian Mint, using equipment obtained in England. These are aluminum, and have a plain edge.

The 10, 20, and 50 centu

coins were minted in England and appear to be aluminum-bronze. They are similar to the 1990 Petras Garska designs.

The 1, 2, and 5 Litai coins have a reeded edge, and are made of cupro-nickel. All coins bear the Vytis emblem designed by the late sculptor Juozas Zikaras, who designed Lithuania's 1925, 1936, and 1938 coins. We will print the techincal information about the coins in the next issue of The Knight as to weight, sizes, etc.

The Bank of Lithuania is presently working on a contract with a Western company on the minting of new centas coins with new designs. According to the Lithuanian Weekly, "By now quite a few counterfeit centai as well as several litai notes have been withdrawn from circulation."

"The Bank of Lithuania has circulated an official warning that counterfeit 2 and 5 litai 1991 coins have appeared in circulation.

A description of the forged coins, published in the press, says that the counterfeits are made of lead fusions; they are brighter, softer and thicker, as compared with their genuine counterparts. They bear more shortcomings which form during the process of molding." (August 27-Sept 2 1993 issue, p. 1.)

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LITHUANIAN

NUMISMATIC

DICTIONARY

BY

Jonas K. Karys

English Translation by V.L.G. Matelis

Continued from last issue...

Slavic students as a "grivna," and later Lithuanian amateurs accepted the designation without greater study, and comical- ly turned it into a "grivina” or ”grivine.” Such a fate also overtook the historical Lithuanian collar, and even the silver "mane” or "chop." 6. In Czarist Russia, a 10 kopeck silver (but in the second half of the 18th century changed into copper) coin called a grivna, and in the 19th and 20th centuries, circulated also in subjugated Lithuania.

GROS TOURNOIS (turonensis argenti, denarius grossus, grossus albus). A substantial silver coin introduced by the French King Louis IX in 1266, weighing *t.22 g., and encompassing 12 local small change deniers.

GROTAS/Groat. *German Groten, plural Grote). A German silver coin, struck and circulating, graduallylightening and declining in value, in the North Sea coastlands, from the iHh to the 19th centuries. Initially , 32 groats constituted a Bremen and Oldenburg mark. In the 18th century it was 72 groats to the Bremen gold taler. The final silver groat was struck in 1870.

GULDENAS/Gulden (A German translation of the Latin aureus-Goldener, Guldiner). 1. A gold floren, translated into German as "Gulden." In the Uth century, Germans began to imitate the floren, issuing their own "Goldgulden" —a gold coin of 0.956 fineness, initially weighing about 3.5^0g. Later, decreasing about a third, and in the l6th century, it was supplanted in Europe by the growingly popular dukat. 2. Every substantial central European coin in silver, beginning with the Tyrol most substantial "Guldengroschen" (U80, weighing about 32g. (0.9*»0 purity) and equalling 60 kreutzers, and ending with somewhat smaller silver pieces, which at about 1523 were beginning to be called talers, and were planned and struck as silver equivalents of the golden gulden. For this reason, their names were intimately connected with the gulden (Guldengroschen, Reichsguldiner, Guldiner, Gulden). And the l6th century "halfchop" was known as a gulden in the international coin dictionary. 3- A Netherlands silver coin containing 28 stuivers, originally struck in 1601 and having about 9.6g of silver. In the 19th century, it was somewhat reduced and divided into 20 stuivers, and finally in 1875 it became an overvalued coin. A. A Dutch monetary unit from the beginning of the 19th century, divided into 100 cents in 1816, a silver coin. That same unit and its related coin at the turn of the 18th-19th centuries began to assume the name of gilder-guilder, which became established, and the "gulden" in the 20th century remained in gold and combined silver coins. 5. A monetary unit of 100 pfennigs (established in 1923) in silver, and from 1932 in nickel, for the free city of Danzig between the first and second World Wars.

GUMOWSKI, MARIAN (born in 1881), professor, numismatist, outstanding numismatist of modern Poland. Has written in this field and associate fields about AOO articles, books, phamplets, among which there are some directly relating to Lithuanian numismatics, heraldry, sphragistics, for example: "Numizmatyka Litewska Wiekow Srednich" (1920); "Mennica Wilenski w XVI-XVII Wieku (1921), "Wilenska Szkola Medaljerska w XVI i XVII w." (1929), "Herby i pieczecie miast Woje- wodztwa Wilenskiego" (1935). And in some purely Polish studies of his, Gumowski frequently refers to historical coins of the Lithuanian Grand Duchy, "Republic" era, with Polish elements unavoidably intermingled. However, in his publications, he is not always properly objective regarding Lithuania’s matters, so an unnecessary error or two which might have occurred, and its outworn conclusion, remains.

GVINEJA/Guinea. 1. An English gold coin, originally struck in 1663 (of Guinea’s gold), and continued until 1813. Initially, it weighed 8.A7g (reckoning 7.77g previous metal) and equal to 20 shillings. Later, its value changed somewhat, but from 1717, it steadied at 21 shillings. 2. A monetary indicator of 21 shillings. An accounting coin in England, next to the guinea supplanting sovereign of 20 shillings in 1816-17. The 21-shilling guinea has become so deeply ingrained in the ENglish mind that even today and in modern times, professional salaries are so reckoned, as are all types of honorar- ia, costly ornaments, prices of artistic portraits, though that coin has not been struck for nearly 200 years.

HALERIS/Heller. 1. A silver coin initially struck in the 13th century in Hale, equal to a denar and weighing about 0.750 g., in the 15th and l6th centuries, it declined and became a billon coin, and in the 17th century, a copper one, reduced to 0.5 of a German pfennig value. The haler spread to the east, to Germany, Pomerania, Silezia, and elsewhere, even reaching Lithuania’s territories, and in Poland (ofttimes in Lithuania also) the small denars were labeled halers even in the 17th century. 2. In Germany, the haler was demonetized with the inception of the mark (after the victory in the 1871 war), but in Austria it was revived, and remained there as a bronze coin, at 0.01 of a crown (1892-192A, see 'chilling). 3. As an aluminum coin in Czechoslovakia, at 0.01 part of monetary unit, the crown.

•iEGIRA.

Mohamedan-musselman era,

beginning with the flight of Mohammed from Mecca to Medina in 622 AD. Countries

and states using arabic or persian numbers (See Figures and Numbers) mark their moneywith calendar dates vithin the hegira chronology. The hegira years (lunar) are about 3)^ shorter than the Julian-Gregorian calendar years. To transfer a hegira date into modern European date, the following calculation must be made: take 3^ of the hegira year; subtract the resulti- ng sum from the hegira year; add 622 to the result. Example: On a specific coin we find the date 13**3 hegira year: 1. 13't3:100 X 3 = 'tO.29 (‘>0); 2. 13't3 - 'tO = 1303. 3. 1303 plus 622 = 1925 (current A.D. year).

HERALDIKA/Heraldry . (French, heraldique) an auxiliary historical science, studying armorial insignia (identifying symbols). It is closely related to genealogy, numismatics, sphragistics. It helped and helps explain and clarify an

entire series of medieval historical problems, to identify (according to their coats-of-arms) many important persons, coins, products and other symbols of life.

HEROOOTAS (About A85-A25 BC Herodotus Halicarnasus) "The fahter of history." The first to have written a history of civilized mankind of his time. Likewise, he was first to witness that the Lydians were the very first to begin striking coins. For that alone, Herodotus has been honored as the earth's first numismatist (See Lydia).

HIBRIDAS/Mule. (A mixture. In German, Zwittermuenze). A coin produced by two different dies. Such a coin appears when someone in the Mint errs, or it may even be done consciously, but it is never legal.

HUTTEN-CZAPSKI, Emerik (1828-1896). An earl, a well-known official and administrator of Czarist Russia, a famous numismatist. He collected, studied and described a great many of Russian, Polish and Lithuanian historical coins and medals. With his own funds he established and furnished the Numismatic Museum in Cracow (which was designated with his name, and later joined with the Polish National Museum). Among other works, he wrote a valuable 5-volume numismatic catalogue "Catalogue de la collection des medailles et monnaies polonaises" printed in 1781-1916. The 5th volume was

reprinted in 1957 at Graze. This catalogue covers many Lithuanian numismatic items.

lOUBUS STAMPAS/Sunken Dies. Are those dies whose characters reach below the surface and produce coins with raised

characters. Opposite of Incuse.

IKONA/Icon. (Greek, eikon, eikonos). A picture, portrait, illustration. In the Eastern Church, a portrait in bas relief or mozaic of CHrist, Mary or some saint.

IKONOGRAFIJA/Iconography . The art of presenting portraits, pictures. The art of identifying old scenes, pictures and portraits. The description of relief pictures in numismatics.

ILGASIS/Long One. The monetary unit of reckoning of anciant Lithuanians. A) Initially, until the Prague grosh was introduced into theland, the "long chop" itself. B) The ingot cast for coins, when the "chop" itself was discontinued, the equivalent of the "long chop," between the end of the l**th century and the middle of the 15th, whose standard was the sum of 100 groshes. If a person agreed to or was forced to agree to pay with the "long one," in the days of the "long chop," he would have to compensate with one, and later, the ingot, or when the "chops" disappeared, with 100 groshes.

ILGIEJI PINIGAI/Long Money, (or straight, LONG). A general term for ancient Lithuanian cast ingots; its opposite, "slippery money" (a "chop" contrasted to coins), when both these monies circulated in Lithuania. It is unknown when this term originated but sources from the late middle ages and even modern times testify that it was firmly used and widely spread. From that term rose the reckoning "LONG ONE." The name was "dolgeji" to the Slavs living in Lithuania.

ILGOJI KAPA/A Long Chop. The larger of the cast ingots used by medieval Lithuanians, weighing about 200gr.

IMPERIJOLAS/Imperial . a) A gold coin valued at 10 rubles of the Russian Empire in the 18th-19th centuries, b) Following Vitte's 1897 reform, the older form of the Imperial was issued in that year, in the denomination of 15 rubles. The smaller gold piece in the 10 ruble denomination made up only 2/3 of its weight. Earlier, the Czar's coins in the 5 and ruble denomination was occasionally called imperials, but they were not, though some numismatists may term them thus.

INFLIACINES MONETOS/Inflation Coins. Coins of cheap and the cheapest metals, struck in normal as well as in unusual- ly large denominations during critical times of inflation. In the monetary history of all nations, their normal denomina- tions, from the lowest to the highest, follow: silver— up to 50, gold up to 100 times the basic monetary coin unit. During inflation coin denominations far exceed their normal values. As an example, Germany struck 100, 200, and 500 mark coins in 1923, while in Saxony 1,000,000 and even 5,000,000 mark coins. With the exception of the latter bronze, all others, all other coins mentioned here were struck in aluminum. In the same year 1923, Westfalia province emitted a coin in the denomination of 1 billion (a German billion is as follows: 1,000,000,000,000). This, the largest of all inflation currency was at least gold filled on the surface. Coins stamped up to higher denominations in Germany during that inflat- ionary period amounted to a trillion marks.

(Continued next issue....)

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July 30-August 5 issue, page 1.

Printers to compensate for low-quality litas

By.ANDRIUS UtKALNlS in Vilnius

THE AMERICAN Banknote Company, (formerly the U.S. Ban- knote Corporation) will reimburse the losses it caused to Lithuania by omitting important security features on the Lithuanian national currency (litas) banknotes. The Bank of Lithuania says that it is still not clear how the compenstion will be made; whether by re- turning part of the payment or by printing some other securities for Lithuania.

The Company is currently reprinting 10-, 20- and 50-litas ban- knotes, which ail lack security threads, have very low quality watermarks and are printed on simple off-set instead of deep-print- ing machines. According to Kestutis Lynikas, a security expert from Australia employed by the Bank of Lithuania, the new, re- worked banknotes will be better protected from counterfeiting than Estonian and Latvian money.

The low-quality banknotes will be in circulation for several more months. The Bank of Lithuania is confident that such a period of time is too short for counterfeiters to organise printing. Apart from this, in about two months’ time banknotes of 1-, 2- and 5-litas denomintions will be introduced to replace the coins of the same value, which have been found to be too easy to confuse with centas coins.

August 6-12 issue, page B1.

Dollar price tags disappear without pain

ByANDRIUS UiKALNlS

in Vilnius

THE LAST BALTIC state to re-introduce its pre-war cur- rency finished monetary reform on August 1 when the litas be- came the sole legal tender in Lithuania. The very next day, August 2, the first, high- quality, counterfeit 20-Iitas note was discovered by a bank in Klaipeda.

While many shops were closed on August 1, a Sunday, in local markets shoppers were still seen using whatever cur- rencies they had left in their pockets — mostly dollars or marks.

But the following day shops opened in Vilnius displaying only litas prices. The chairman of the Bank of Lithuania, Ro- mualdas Visokavicius, an- nounced on Lithuanian radio that the police would strictly enforce the new currency rules.

People were informed about the ''iirrcncy regime" well in

advance, so the new regulation, that is supposed to strengthen further the national currency, did not bring about any specific surprises.

In fact, most hard currency shops started accepting local currency long before it became the sole legal method of pay- ment, so August 1 brought nothing but new price tags for retailers.

In hotels, prices are also quoted only in litas - but bills paid by credit card are still set- tled in dollars or marks. Gie- drius, a young entrepreneur at the Gariunai open marketplace, dressed in jogging pants and hula-hula silk shirt, explains: "They cannot really ban sales for hard currency - well, unless a policeman stands right here and watches what I do. People pay in whatever money they like, and they will do it any- way." Giedrius sells Indonesia- made cotton trousers, US $15 - or 60 litas -per pair.

LITAS RELEASED INTO CIRCULATION

(Continued from page 1....) as soon as they are numbered and cut, probably by October.

The quality problems with the Litai notes continued, as numerous notes lacked the Vytis with Columns of Gediminas watermark, or had it vertically misaligned. The Bank of Lithuania ordered all banks to inspect the 50 and 100 Litu notes and to take those without the watermark out of circulation.

It is estimated that the 1991-dated banknot- es will be used for several months until higher quality ones are printed and ready.

This special issue of The Knight is crammed with descriptions and information about the new Litas coins and banknotes.

SOUVENIR BANKOTES FOR POPE'S VISIT ISSUED

A set of souvenir banknotes to commemorate the visit of Pope John Paul II to Lithuania in September was issued in denominations of: 20 and 50 Skatiku; and 1, 3, and 5 Auksinai. The denomi- nation names date back to the 1919-1922 era when Lithuania dubbed the German East Marks as "Auksinas" and "Skatikas," although no notes bearing those names were printed then.

The notes measure 125 x 70 mm, and were produced by entrepreneurs Arvydas Karaska and Saulius Kruopis, both of Vilnius.

The notes contain scenes of Lithuanian sites along the Pope's itinerary, and are filled

with various coats-of-arms, and Lithuanian designs.

These notes are illustrated on the following page. Their colors are as follows: 50 Skatiku:

Obv: Blue. Rev: Green, red, brown, 20 Skatiku:

Obv: Brown, blue. Rev: Blue, green, brown. 1 Auksinai: Obv: Red, green. Rev: Blue, Green, Brown. 3 Auksinai: Obv: Brown, red. Rev: Green,

brown. 5 Auksinai. Obv: Green, blue. Rev: Red, brown, green.

THE KNIGHT Volume 16, No. 1. Issue #86. The official publication of the Lithuanian Numis- matic Association.

Frank Passic, Albion, Michigan, EDITOR. Robert J, Douchis, Columbia, MD., DIRECTOR.

Subscription/membership to Volume 16: A donation of $15 or more for 5 issues. Write: LNA, P.O. Box 612, Columbia, MD 21045.

EDITOR'S ADDRESS: Frank Passic, 900 S. Eaton St., Albion, Michigan 49224,

The LNA is a member of the American Numismatic Association C-117903.

ILLUSTRATED BELOW ARE SOUVENIR BANKNOTES FOR IHE POPE'S VISIT

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LETTERS

JANUARY 13 1991 MEDAL

One of our members, Joseph Brazen, Sr,, received the following letter from one of his relatives in Lithuania about the new Lithuanian money. She writes:

"We have finally rid ourselves of those

"little animals" called "money." But the new

money doesn't make us happy at all. The paper

money is bearable, but the coins are someone's

nonsense. Everyone is so dissatisfied. The litas's can be so mixed up with the cents. If you have good eyes, it's all right. But for older people it's downright a burden, as unconscionsable salespeople can cheat them very much."

I am glad that you were able to use some of the numismatic articles from "The Baltic Indep- endent" that I mailed to you. I'm pleased that I was able to share this information with the other members of the LNA. Unfortunately, my subscription to The Baltic Independent has expired, and I am not able to send these articles anymore.

— John Kozimbo, Linden, NJ

[Editor's note: Again, thank you so much for supplying these clippings about Lithuanian money items to us, John. We very much appreciate it. Do any of our LNA members subscribe to that paper (published in Estonia) and could send the editor clippings of articles about Lithuanian money which appear?]

WANT/FOR SALE ADS

FOR SALE: The following Lithuanian COINS. 1925 1 centas UNC $30; 1936 I Centas AU $15, XF $9; 1936 2 Cental AU $25, XF $15; 1925 5 Centai UNC $22.50, AU $15; XF $8; 1936 5 Centai AU $18, XF $1A; 1925 10 Centu UNC $24, XF $10; 1925 20 Centu AU $18, XF $12, VF $5; 1925 50 Centu UNC $50, AU $35, XF $20, VF $16; 1925 1 Licas AU $15, XF $12, VF $10; 1925 2 Litu UND $25, AU $18, XF $12, VF $10; 1925 5 Litai UNC $35, AU $25, XF $15; 1936 5 Litai UNC $25; 1936 10 Litu UNC $40; 1938 10 Litu UNC with two minor spots on edge, $60.

The following ESTONIAN coins: 1926 3-Marka KM-6 XF $55. 1925 5 Marka KM-7 XF $200.00. 1933 1 Kroon KM-14 UNC $65. 1934 1 Kroon KM-16 UNC $35.

Dr. Victor Zilaitis, 2018 Heathfield Circle, Sun City Center, FLORIDA 33573. (813) 633-3403.

FOR SALE: New Lithuanian Litas coins and banknotes. Write. Frank Passic, 900 S. Eaton St., Albion, Michigan 49224.

FOR SALErBook Cyclopedia of Lithuanian Numismatics by Dr. Aleksandras M. Rackus (1965). Now out-of-print. $20, plus $3.50 p & h. Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture, 6500 S. Pulaski kd., Chicago, IL 60629.

Member Aleksandras Razdius has the above-pictured 1992 medal in his collection, the January 13 Medal, in memory of those who died at the television station in Vilnius. It features the victims' names, the Television tower and the Hill of 3 Crosses monu- ment, and St. Geroge slaying the dragon.