5 Litai

Features

Issuer	Lithuania
Ruling authority	Republic (1990-date)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1998-2014
Value	5 Litai (5 LTL)
Currency	New litas (1993-2014)
Composition	Bimetallic: aluminium bronze centre in copper-nickel ring
Weight	10.1 g
Diameter	27.5 mm
Thickness	2.35 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	1 January 2015
Number	N# 3989
References	KM# 113 Standard Catalog of World Coins (85 volumes). , Schön# 40 Battenberg (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (3 volumes).

Obverse

National coat of arms

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LIETUVA
1999

Engravers: Antanas Žukauskas, Arvydas Každailis

Reverse

Denomination
The outer circle bears an ornamentation formed from three evenly spaced groups of curved bars.

Script: Latin

Lettering: 5 LITAI

Engraver: Antanas Žukauskas

Edge

Smooth with inscription
The edge has an inscription: PENKI LITAI (five litai) repeated twice and separated by a 6 sided star mark

Lettering: PENKI LITAI PENKI LITAI

Mint

Lithuanian Mint (Lietuvos Monetu Kalykla), Vilnius, Lithuania (1990-date)

Comments

Back: the number 5, positioned in the centre of the coin symmetrically to its vertical axis, and the inscription LITAI below. The ornament, formed from three evenly spaced groups of curved bars, is placed on the outside circle (the ring). On the left, between the ornaments - rooster.

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Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1998		$ 1.70	$ 1.70	$ 1.70	$ 2.30	$ 4.00	$ 4.60		43%
1999			$ 1.50	$ 1.70	$ 1.90	$ 1.90	$ 2.30		46%
1999								rooster	0.6%
2000								In sets only	1.0%
2000	5 000							Proof	0.5%
2003								In sets only	1.3%
2003	10 000						$ 3.40	Proof	1.0%
2008								In sets only	1.4%
2008	200							Proof	0.3%
2008								Proof	0.5%
2009				$ 1.80	$ 2.20	$ 2.70	$ 2.70		25%
2009	500							Proof	0.6%
2010								In sets only	1.0%
2010								Proof	0.4%
2011								In sets only	1.4%
2011								Proof	0.3%
2012							$ 2.60	In sets only	1.6%
2013					$ 2.30	$ 3.50	$ 4.00		12%
2014							$ 5.70	In sets only	1.8%

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Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 84 Lot 446	27 May 2023	1998	UNC	USD 17.08 (EUR 15.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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