← Read the currency articleLithuanian 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
Monetary history 4 events
Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.
2015-01-01Euro monetary substitution1 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 changeoverLithuania: euro adoption 2015-01-01; cash 2015-01-01.
C699 1993-06-25Currency replacementLithuania exchanged 100 talonas per litas.
C838 1993Name revivalInference: 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.
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.