Lithuanian litas — interwar currency
Lithuanian litas: a historical unit of account.
- Dates in use
- Introduction and ending not established
- Ancestry branch
- Prussian thaler
Its place in the family
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Lithuanian litas
This currencyTrace its ancestry backward
Lithuanian litas
German mark
Other founding predecessors: South German florin (Documented). Explore every incoming path →
2 later contributions joined this currency. See those connections →
Prussian thaler
Earlier ancestry is not established here.
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]
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
- Bank of Lithuania Money Museum · Money in Lithuania during the first Soviet occupation C833 ↗
- Bank of Lithuania Money Museum · Money in Lithuania during the first Soviet occupation C834 ↗
- Bank of Lithuania · Banking Statistics Yearbook 2002 C832 ↗
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“Lithuanian litas — interwar currency.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/T-FTM000883.html