Kaunas Mint (interwar period)
Type | Coin mint |
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Industry | Coin production |
Founded | 1936 |
Defunct | 1939 |
Headquarters | Kaunas, Lithuania |
Area served | Lithuania |
Key people | Jonas Karys-Kareckas (governor) |
Products | Coins |
Owner | Ministry of Finance of Lithuania |
The Kaunas Mint (Lithuanian: Kauno monetų kalykla) was a mint of Lithuania which belonged to the Ministry of Finance of Lithuania and produced coins in Kaunas from 16 May 1936 to 1939.[1][2][3][4] In 1936, it minted bronze coins of 1, 2, 5 cents, silver coins of 1 Lithuanian litas (with the date of 1925), 5 litas (with a portrait of Jonas Basanavičius) and 10 litas (with a portrait of Vytautas the Great).[1] In 1938, a commemorative silver coin, dedicated to the 20th anniversary of Independent Lithuania, was minted there.[1] In total, more than 25 million coins were minted in the Kaunas mint, while coins, their stamps and blanks were made in Belgium.[1] The mint was located on the ground floor of the building of the joint-stock company Spindulys, governed by Jonas Karys-Kareckas.[1]
Coins minted in the Kaunas Mint[]
Coin of 1 Lithuanian cent with Vytis and the Columns of Gediminas
Coin of 5 Lithuanian cents with Vytis and the Columns of Gediminas
Coin of 1 Lithuanian litas
Coin of 1 Lithuanian litas with Vytis
Coin of 5 Lithuanian litas with a portrait of Jonas Basanavičius
Coin of 5 Lithuanian litas with a portrait of Vytautas the Great and Vytis
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e Remecas, Eduardas. "Kauno monetų kalykla". Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Pirmosios Lietuvos Respublikos monetų kalyklos jubiliejus". Pinigumuziejus.lt (in Lithuanian). Bank of Lithuania Money Museum. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ Vasiliauskaitė, Gintarė. "Į Kauną sugrįžta unikali A. Smetonos moneta". KaunoDiena.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ Remecas, Eduardas (2015). "1925 m. laidos Lietuvos Respublikos monetų kūrimo ir kaldinimo problematika" (PDF). National Museum of Lithuania: 49. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
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- Economy of Lithuania
- 1936 establishments
- Mints (currency)
- 20th-century establishments in Lithuania
- Currencies of Lithuania
- History of Kaunas
- History of Lithuania (1918–1940)
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