Commemorative coins of Lithuania

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The Commemorative coins of Lithuania are minted by the Lithuanian mint (Lithuanian: Lietuvos monetų kalykla), headquartered in Vilnius, Lithuania.

[edit] Commemorative coins issued 1993-2008

Denomination	Year issued	Dedication
50 litas	2008	550th Birth Anniversary of St. Casimir
50 litas	2007	2008 Summer Olympics
100 litas (gold)	2007	1000th anniversary of the name of Lithuania
50 litas	2007	Panemunė Castle (from the series "Historical and Architectural Monuments of Lithuania")
10 litas (gold)	2007	International programme "The Smallest Gold Coins of the World. History of Gold"
50 litas	2006	Uprising of 1831 and the 200th birth anniversary of its heroine Emilija Pliaterytė
50 litas	2006	Medininkai Castle (from the series "Historical and Architectural Monuments of Lithuania")
50 litas	2006	Lithuanian nature
50 litas	2005	The 100th Anniversary of the Great Seimas of Vilnius
500 litas (gold)	2005	Reconstruction of the Royal Palace of Lithuania
50 litas	2005	Cardinal Vincentas Sladkevičius (1920–2000)
50 litas	2005	The 150th anniversary of the National Museum of Lithuania
50 litas	2005	Kernavė (from the series "Historical and Architectural Monuments of Lithuania")
50 litas	2004	The Curonian spit (UNESCO World Heritage)
50 litas	2004	The 475th anniversary of the First Statute of Lithuania
50 litas	2004	Pažaislis Monastery (from the series "Historical and Architectural monuments of Lithuania")
50 litas	2004	The 425th anniversary of Vilnius University
200 litas	2003	The 750th anniversary of the coronation of Mindaugas
50 litas	2003	Vilnius Cathedral (from the series "Historical and Architectural Monuments of Lithuania")
50 litas	2003	2004 Summer Olympics
10 litas	2002	Klaipėda (from the series "Cities of Lithuania")
5 litas	2002	Lithuanian nature (within the International coin program "Endangered Wildlife")
50 litas	2002	Trakai Island Castle (from the series "Historical and Architectural Monuments of Lithuania")
50 litas	2001	The 200th birth anniversary of Motiejus Valančius (1801-1875)
50 litas	2001	150th birth anniversary of Jonas Basanavičius (1851-1927)
50 litas	2000	New Millennium
100 litas (gold)	2000	Vytautas the Great, the Grand Duke of Lithuania (from the series "Rulers of Lithuania")
50 litas	2000	Vytautas the Great, the Grand Duke of Lithuania (from the series "Rulers of Lithuania")
50 litas	2000	2000 Summer Olympics
50 litas	2000	10th anniversary of the reestablishment of independence
50 litas	2000	350th anniversary of publication "The Great Art of Artillery" by Kazimierz Siemienowicz
10 litas (gold)	1999	International programme "The Smallest Gold Coins of the World. History of Gold"
50 litas	1999	Kęstutis, the Grand Duke of Lithuania (from the series "Rulers of Lithuania")
50 litas	1999	The 10th anniversary of the Baltic Way
50 litas	1999	Vincas Kudirka (1858-1899)
10 litas	1999	Kaunas (from the series "Cities of Lithuania")
5 litas	1998	United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) coin program "Children of the World"
50 litas	1998	Algirdas, the Grand Duke of Lithuania (from the series "Rulers of Lithuania")
10 litas	1998	Vilnius (from the series "Cities of Lithuania")
50 litas	1998	200th birth anniversary of Adam Mickiewicz
1 litas (gold)	1997	The 75th anniversary of the Bank of Lithuania and the litas
50 litas	1997	The 600th anniversary of the settling down of Karaims and Tatars in Lithuania
50 litas	1997	The 450th anniversary of the first Lithuanian book by Martynas Mažvydas
50 litas	1996	Gediminas, the Grand Duke of Lithuania (from the series "Rulers of Lithuania")
50 litas	1996	Mindaugas, the King of Lithuania (from the series "Rulers of Lithuania")
50 litas	1996	1996 Summer Olympics
50 litas	1996	January Events of 1991
50 litas	1995	The 120th birth anniversary of Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis
10 litas	1995	The 5th World Lithuanians Sport Games
50 litas	1995	The 5th anniversary of the reestablishment of independence
10 litas	1994	World Lithuanians Song Festival
100 litas	1993	Visit of Pope John Paul II to Lithuania
10 litas	1993	60th anniversary of the flight across the Atlantic Ocean by Steponas Darius and Stasys Girenas

[edit] References

Commemorative Coins. Bank of Lithuania (February 27, 2008). Retrieved on 2008-03-03.

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