Obverse: the obverse of the coin features the sign of the Jewish Litvaks, who are a strong symbol of their community’s identity, signifying the identification of Lithuanian Jews as citizens with the Lithuanian state, since the time of Gediminas the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Denomination "10€" is at the top of the coin, the name of the country at the bottom and the year of minting – 2020. The legend "VILNIAUS GAONO IR LIETUVOS ŽYDŲ ISTORIJOS METAI" (eng. The year of Vilnius Gaon and Lithuanian Jewish history”) and the number "5780", which corresponds to the year 2020 according to the Jewish calendar, engraved on the edges of the coin in Lithuanian and Hebrew languages.
Reverse: the crown-like letter "SYN," in Hebrew, meaning "300," is a Hebrew abbreviation translated as "GAON (Genius) by Rabbi Elijah." The respect shown to the Vilnius Gaon is further strengthened by tampographic printing to highlight the short commemoration of his name and the commemoration of the 300th anniversary of "ŠYN" (crown). The number "300" is engraved on the bottom of the coin as if on a Torah scroll. The coin is surrounded by the legend "VILNIAUS GAONAS RABINAS ELIJAS BEN SALIAMONAS ZALMANAS" (eng. Vilnius Gaon Rabin Elijas ben Saliamon Zalman" minted in Lithuanian and Hebrew languages.
Edge lettering: the word "JEIGU NORĖSI, IR TU TAPSI GENIJUM" (eng. If you want, you can become a genius" is minted in Lithuanian and Yiddish languages on the edge of the coin.
Coin designer: Viktorija Sideraite-Alon, Jurate Juozeniene, Albinas Simanauskas.
*FLORINUS UAB is the official distributor of numismatic valuables of the Bank of Lithuania.
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