Jonas Basanavičius
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Jonas Basanavičius was an activist and proponent of the Lithuanian National Revival. He participated in every major event leading to the independent Lithuanian state and is often given the informal ho
Basanavičius in 1905
A memorial plaque in Prague on the house where Basanavičius lived
Jonas Basanavičius on 50 litas banknote, released in 2003
A statue in the Old Town of Vilnius, in front of the Lithuanian National Philharmonic
Lithuanian litas
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On 1 January 2015, the litas was switched to the euro at the rate of LTL 3.4528 to 1. Nevertheless, coins and banknotes of the second litas will be exchanged indefinitely into euros by the Bank of Lit
Jonas Basanavičius
…their veins. If they wrote about the past of their loved Lithuania in a non-Lithuanian language, the Polish influence in Lithuanian affairs is to blame. 50 litų coin commemorating the 150th anniversary of Basanavičius' birth, 2001. He drifted away from religion after reading a critical essay of Life of Jesus…
200 LTL banknote
10 litų banknote (1922)
Lithuanian litas coins
Early litas lacked necessary protection