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The E-Sylum: Volume 15, Number 26, June 24, 2012, Article 30

SOME NEW COIN DESIGNS: LITHUANIA AND SLOVAKIA

P.K. Saha forwarded images of several new coin designs this week. Here are a couple that caught my eye. Thanks! -Editor

2012 Lithuanian coin The Board of the Bank of Lithuania decided to declare the 10 litas commemorative coin dedicated to Fine Arts as legal tender and issue it into circulation on 26 June 2012, the Bank of Lithuania said in a statement.

The graphic design for the coin was created by Ruta Nicajiene, whereas the plaster model was made by Giedrius Paulauskis. The coins are minted by company Lietuvos monetų kalykla (Lithuanian Mint), reports LETA/ELTA.

It will be already the third coin from the series Lithuanian Culture. The first coin, which was dedicated to Music, was issued in 2010, whereas the second coin, which was dedicated to Theatre, was issued in 2011.

To read the complete article, see: Lithuanian coin dedicated to Fine Arts to be issued into circulation in June (www.baltic-course.com/eng/finances/?doc=58743)

SLovakia Chatam Sofer coin

The National Bank of Slovakia has issued a new coin which marks the 250th anniversary of birth of Chatam Sofer (1762 - 1839) one of Europe's most noted scholars of the Talmud and founder of the Bratislava Yeshiva which continued as a primary institute of Hebrew education until the outbreak of World War II. Born in Frankfurt, Sofer traveled to Boskovice, Moravia (now part of the Czech Republic) as a scholar in 1782 where he became recognized as an authority in the teachings of the Talmud. The Yeshiva he founded in Bratislava in 1806 eventually became the most influential institute of Hebrew studies.

Wayne Homren, Editor

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