Lithuania 2016 Baltic culture
The Baltic culture
The Balts, the Aishis are the tribes of northeastern Europe who
spoke the Baltic languages of the Indo-European language family, derived from
the Baltic proto-language. To this day, only Lithuanian and Latvian languages
have survived from the Baltic languages. The term "Balts" was
proposed by the German linguist Georg Heinrich Ferdinand Nesselmann (G. H. F.
Nesselmann) in his 1845 book Die Sprache der alten Preußen an ihren Überresten
erläutert and used to name a group of related languages near the Baltic Sea.
The design shows an amber disc, one of the most
characteristic symbols of the Baltic culture. The disc is decorated with a
crosspiece of drilled dots — an ornament symbolising the world’s axis. At the
top is the name of the issuing country ‘LIETUVA’, flanked by the mint mark and
the year of issuance ‘2016’. The coin’s outer ring bears the 12 stars of the
European Union.
Weight - 8.5 g.
Quality - UNC (Uncirculated)
Diameter - 25.75 mm.
Composition - Bimetallic - nickel brass clad
nickel center in copper-nickel ring
Circulation - 500'000 pcs.
Country of origin - Lithuania
Year of release - 2016
