The Kaunas Mint (Lithuanian: Kauno monetų kalykla) was a Lithuanian mint which produced coins in Kaunas that operated between 1665 and 1667 and again between 1936 and 1939.[1]
History
The mint was founded on 17 October 1665, during the reign of Grand Duke John II Casimir Vasa of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.[1][2][3][4][5][6] Building of the mint (10 × 25 meters in size) was located in Kaunas Town Hall Square and was governed by A. G. fon Horn, whose initials GFH were minted on the coins as well.[1] It minted copper shillings (also known as boratynka).[1][2][6] In total, more than 40 million coins were minted in the Kaunas Mint, until 15 January 1667.[1]
In 1936, the Kaunas Mint was reestablished by the Ministry of Finance of Lithuania and produced coins from 16 May 1936 to 1939.[7][8][9][10] In 1936, it minted bronze coins of 1, 2, 5 cents, silver coins of 1 Lithuanian litas (with the date of 1925), 5 litas (with a portrait of Jonas Basanavičius) and 10 litas (with a portrait of Vytautas the Great).[7] In 1938, a commemorative silver coin, dedicated to the 20th anniversary of Independent Lithuania, was minted there.[7] In total, more than 25 million coins were minted in the Kaunas mint, while coins, their stamps and blanks were made in Belgium.[7] The mint was located on the ground floor of the building of the joint-stock company Spindulys, governed by Jonas Karys-Kareckas.[7]
Coins minted in the Kaunas Mint (Grand Duchy of Lithuania)
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Minted in 1665
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Minted in 1665
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Minted in 1666
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Minted in 1666
Coins minted in the Kaunas Mint (interwar period)
See also
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