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Lithuanian litas — restored 1993 currency

Lithuanian litas: a historical unit of account.

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Lithuanian litas — restored 1993 currency: documented and qualified family connections PREDECESSORS THIS CURRENCY SUCCESSORS Lithuanian talonas — temporary currency 1992–1993Lithuanian talonas 1993-06-25 · DocumentedLithuania exchanged 100 talonas per litas.Documented connection · 1993-06-25 · Lithuania exchanged 100 talonas per litas. Euro — converging national replacementsEuro 2015-01-01 · DocumentedLater contribution or absorptionPublished LTL units per one euro. ThisDocumented connection · 2015-01-01 · Published LTL units per one euro. This terminal scale is not interchangeable with earlier redenomination epochs. Lithuanian litas — restored 1993 currencyLithuanian litas Currency history

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The surviving evidence establishes this unit of account, but a fuller narrative is still being developed. Its known connections are shown above; the research page documents what is established and what remains uncertain.

Turning points

Currency replacement

Lithuania exchanged 100 talonas per litas. [1]

Name revival

Inference: The 1993 litas revived the interwar national currency name. The timeline establishes two introductions separated by Soviet incorporation; no direct interwar-to-modern conversion implied. [2]

Euro monetary substitution

1 EUR = 3.45280 LTL. Lithuania: euro adoption 2015-01-01; cash 2015-01-01. Regulation 974/98 substitutes the euro for each participating state’s currency on its adoption date; cash changeover is separately defined. [3] [4] [5]

Euro cash changeover

Lithuania: euro adoption 2015-01-01; cash 2015-01-01. [4]

Sources and evidence

  1. Deutsche Bundesbank · Metadata on the Exchange Rate Statistics, 24 September 2025; Bank of Lithuania · Banking Statistics Yearbook 2002 C838 ↗
  2. Bank of Lithuania · Banking Statistics Yearbook 2002 C839 ↗
  3. Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 2866/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 C698 ↗
  4. Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 974/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 C699 ↗
  5. Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 974/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 C646 ↗

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“Lithuanian litas — restored 1993 currency.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/T-FTM000805.html

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