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Lithuanian litas — restored 1993 currency: research record

Evidence coverage: 1993–2015. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.

This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.

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Lithuanian litas — restored 1993 currency

T-FTM000805 · Research draft
One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor.
Dated observations: 1993–2015; this does not establish the entire lifetime.

Parents / predecessors

Children / successors

Euro — converging national replacementsabsorbed into existing currency · 2015-01-01 · later absorption or contribution
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Monetary history 4 events

Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.

2015-01-01Euro 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.

C698, C699, C646
2015-01-01Euro cash changeover

Lithuania: euro adoption 2015-01-01; cash 2015-01-01.

C699
1993-06-25Currency replacement

Lithuania exchanged 100 talonas per litas.

C838
1993Name 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.

C839
Evidence & research notes 4 claims

Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.

Supported C698

1 EUR = 3.45280 LTL.

Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 2866/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 Citation S348 · Open source ↗

art.1, Lithuania currency row; exact decimal retained

Source access and limitations

Article 2’s original 1999 commencement does not backdate later-added currencies.

Country-specific dates come from the separate 974/98 annex.

Supported C699

Lithuania: euro adoption 2015-01-01; cash 2015-01-01.

Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 974/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 Citation S347 · Open source ↗

Annex, Lithuania row; arts.2–3 provide substitution

Source access and limitations

Consolidation, not an as-made 1998 text.

National short cash-withdrawal periods and every accession amendment were not individually audited.

Supported C838

Lithuania exchanged 100 talonas per litas.

Deutsche Bundesbank · Metadata on the Exchange Rate Statistics, 24 September 2025 Citation S98 · Open source ↗

Lithuania, PDF p. 148; Yearbook printed p. 83

Source access and limitations

Historical reference, not a 2026 legal-status audit.

Only selected country milestones used.

Bank of Lithuania · Banking Statistics Yearbook 2002 Citation S416 · Open source ↗

Lithuania, PDF p. 148; Yearbook printed p. 83

Inference C839

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.

Bank of Lithuania · Banking Statistics Yearbook 2002 Citation S416 · Open source ↗

Printed pp. 81–83: Main dates in the history of national banking

Supported C646

Regulation 974/98 substitutes the euro for each participating state’s currency on its adoption date; cash changeover is separately defined.

Council of the European Union · Council Regulation (EC) 974/98 — consolidation at 1 January 2026 Citation S347 · Open source ↗

arts.1, 1a, 2–3

Source access and limitations

Consolidation, not an as-made 1998 text.

National short cash-withdrawal periods and every accession amendment were not individually audited.

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