55 |
LITHUANIA |
Value |
5 Litai |
Issued by |
Lietuvos Bankas |
Date |
1993 |
|
|
Jonas Jablonskis |
Sculpture "Lietuvos mokykla" or "Vargo mokykla" ("School of
Misery"; by Petras Rimša) Symbol of restistence against the prohibition of the Lithuanian press by the Russian Tsar from 1864 to 1904. Books in Lithuanian language had to be read secretly in the schools. Here a mother reads with her child whilst she is spinning. |
55a |
issued note |
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