Litas

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Litas is the former official currency of Lithuania, used before the country adopted the euro.

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Label Occurrences
Litas canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fiat currency
former currency
banknotesIssuedInDenominations 10 litų
100 litų
20 litų
200 litų
50 litų
500 litų
centralBank Bank of Lithuania
coinsIssuedInDenominations 1 centas
1 litas
10 centų
2 centai
2 litai
20 centų
5 centai
5 litai
50 centų
country Lithuania
currencyCode LTL
euroAdoptionDate 2015-01-01
exchangeRateFixDate 2002-02-02
fixedExchangeRateToEuro 3.4528 LTL = 1 EUR
introduced 1922
ISO4217Code LTL
issuingAuthority Bank of Lithuania
languageOfName Lithuanian
legalTenderUntil 2015-01-01
minorUnitPluralForm centai
officialCurrencyOf Lithuania
peggedTo euro
pluralForm litai
previouslyPeggedTo US dollar
region Europe
reintroduced 1993
reintroducedAfter collapse of the Soviet Union
replacedByCurrency Soviet rouble
linked to: Soviet ruble

euro
replacedCurrency Lithuanian rouble
linked to: Lithuanian talonas

Ostmark
Ostruble
Russian rouble
status obsolete currency
subunit centas
subunitToUnit 100 centų per 1 litas
symbol Lt
usedBeforeEuroAdoption yes
usedIn Republic of Lithuania
linked to: Lithuania

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Lithuanian litas symbol Litas