Kaunas Mint (interwar period)

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Not to be confused with the Kaunas Mint (Grand Duchy of Lithuania), established in 1665.
Kaunas Mint
TypeCoin mint
IndustryCoin production
Founded1936; 86 years ago (1936)
Defunct1939
HeadquartersKaunas, Lithuania
Area served
Lithuania
Key people
Jonas Karys-Kareckas (governor)
ProductsCoins
OwnerMinistry 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[]

  1. ^ a b c d e Remecas, Eduardas. "Kauno monetų kalykla". Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Pirmosios Lietuvos Respublikos monetų kalyklos jubiliejus". Pinigumuziejus.lt (in Lithuanian). Bank of Lithuania Money Museum. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  3. ^ Vasiliauskaitė, Gintarė. "Į Kauną sugrįžta unikali A. Smetonos moneta". KaunoDiena.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  4. ^ Remecas, Eduardas (2015). "1925 m. laidos Lietuvos Respublikos monetų kūrimo ir kaldinimo problematika" (PDF). National Museum of Lithuania: 49. Retrieved 1 August 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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