Obverse: the obverse of the coin depicts the Act of Independence of 16 February 1918. The coat of arms of the Republic of Lithuania - Vytis is embedded in the QR code on the left side of the coin, above it the name of the country "LIETUVA", below it the denomination of the coin "€ 19.18" and the year of minting of the coin "2020". After scanning the digital QR code, it will take you to the website of the world's first digital collector coin (lbcoin.lb.lt).
Reverse: the reverse of the coin is a facsimile of the signatures of all the signatories of the Act of Independence of 16 February and a digitized, modern representation of the Council of Lithuania, consisting of 36,500 pixels (how many days elapsed between 16 February 1918 and the date of issue). At the top of the coin is the tricolor flag of the Republic of Lithuania with the Lithuanian anthem written in binary code.
Coin designer: Giedrius Paulauskis.
About the coin: The design of the coin was designed like a credit card, it is an allusion to the world of digital money. This digital collector coin created by the Bank of Lithuania on the basis of a block chain is the first collector coin of this type in the world. 4,000 of these silver (physical) coins will be issued, and only digital tokens will be issued, divided into six categories according to the signatories' areas of activity: priests, presidents, diplomats, industrialists, academics and municipalities will be issued 4,000 pieces for each area. tokens, and once collected, they will be able to be exchanged for a single physical collectible silver coin. You can read more about this exclusive digital, collectible coin of the Bank of Lithuania by clicking here.
*FLORINUS UAB is the official distributor of numismatic valuables of the Bank of Lithuania.
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