The Bank of Lithuania

10 litas

12,44 g

28,70 mm

Silver 925°

4000 pcs.

Proof. There is an oval aperture in the coin, which runs through the numeral “0”.

Graphic design is made by artist Rūta Ničajienė, sculptor model is made by sculptor Giedrius Paulauskis

Lithuanian Mint

The obverse and the reverse of the coin artistically depict a stylized artist’s palette. The obverse also bears the coat of arms of Lithuania on the relief surface, which is surrounded by the inscriptions LIETUVA (Lthuania), 2012 and 10 LITŲ. The edge of the coin bears the inscription LIETUVOS KULTŪRA * DAILĖ (Lithuanian culture * Fine arts).

Coin from the series “Lithuanian Culture”. A palette is an essential tool for a painter. A palette usually has hole for the thumb. It is not only a tool in an artist’s creative work, but the popular symbol of all applied arts overall. In a figurative sense, a palette is a range of colours, their combinations, a system of colours typical of an individual artist, a certain region and epoch.