Euro banknotes are shared across the euro area. Lithuania's national coin sides use the same coat of arms on every denomination: an armoured knight on horseback, known as Vytis.
Paper money
Euro notes follow an easy architectural colour ladder - grey €5, red €10, blue €20, orange €50, green €100 and yellow €200 - wherever you spend them in Europe.
The euro banknote theme is imagined European architecture rather than real monuments: windows and gateways move from classical to modern styles, while bridges on the reverse suggest connection. Cash by Country artwork is an original, simplified interpretation and is not legal tender.
Three clues on every Lithuanian coin
The repetition is the identity
Many euro countries assign a different image to each value. Lithuania chose recognition through repetition: copper, gold-coloured and bimetallic coins all carry the same national coat of arms.
Read around the EUR 2 edge
The highest regular coin adds words that are not visible on the face: LAISVĖ, VIENYBĖ and GEROVĖ. Together they mean Freedom, Unity and Well-Being.
Vytis is older than the euro
The mounted knight is not a travel-era invention. It is Lithuania's historic state emblem, connecting modern pocket change to the heraldry of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
Shared notes, Lithuanian rider
A Lithuanian EUR 20 banknote is the same note used throughout the euro area. Use our original illustrations for colour and denomination, then check a real note by feel, watermark, security thread and hologram.