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Lithuanian litas — interwar currency

Dates in use
Introduction and ending not established
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Prussian thaler

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Lithuanian litas — interwar currency: documented and qualified family connections PARENTS THIS CURRENCY CHILDREN German mark — 1871–1948 continuityGerman mark 1922 · DocumentedDocumented connection · 1922 Lithuanian litas — interwar currencyLithuanian litas Currency history Later adoption · see history below

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Lithuanian litas

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The story

Soviet rubles entered Lithuania at 0.9 ruble per litas. The rate did not protect all deposits. Litas circulated alongside rubles until March 1941. [1]

Lithuania’s interwar litas was prohibited under Soviet rule. [2]

Replacement by an existing currency

This conversion belongs to the history of the retiring unit. It does not make that unit an ancestor of the currency adopted.

Turning points

Currency replacement

Lithuania introduced litas and began exchanging ostmarks. A floating ostmark conversion is not assigned an invented single fixed ratio. [3]

Sources and evidence

  1. Bank of Lithuania Money Museum · Money in Lithuania during the first Soviet occupation
  2. Bank of Lithuania Money Museum · Money in Lithuania during the first Soviet occupation
  3. Bank of Lithuania · Banking Statistics Yearbook 2002

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“Lithuanian litas — interwar currency.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Updated 2026-10-14; data version v49. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/T-FTM000883.html

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