Seventeenth century Lithuanian Radziwill Palace is celebrated with a new silver coin The Bank of Lithuania has issued the first silver coin in its new series "Lithuanian Castles and Manors". With a new coin every year, the range will highlight some of the more impressive historical buildings in this Baltic state. The [...]
Lithuanian hounds and horses celebrated on the Baltic states latest 10 Euro silver coin Lithuania is issuing its second base-metal coin with a €1.5 EURO denomination, along with a $10 EURO silver and showcasing a couple of animals close to the Lithuanian heart. The Lithuanian hound and a horse breed called žemaitukas [...]
Traditional Kaziukas' Fair showcased on latest proof silver coin from Lithuania Dating back to the early 17th century, Saint Casimir's Fair is a large annual folk arts and crafts fair held in Vilnius, in the Baltic state of Lithuania. Traditionally held in the markets and streets of Vilnius on the Sunday nearest [...]
Latvia celebrates its entrepreneurs with striking faceted silver coin All of the Baltic State mints have a track record of interesting and innovative coin designs. While the subject matter is often completely alien to the rest of the world, the sense of style imparted on their coins makes them [...]
Of all the mints in Eastern Europe, perhaps none punches above its weight as much as Lietuvos Bankas, the Bank of Lithuania. For an organisation that issues under ten commemoratives a year, they garner plenty of award nominations for their output. In 2014 they were nominated three times for the Krause Coin of the Year Awards (COTY), and [...]
