2021 Lithuania €2 Coin Issue "Biosphere Reserve Zuvintas"

• Mint: Lithuanian Mint
• Denomination: €2
• Quality: UNC/BU
• Issue limit: 495,000/5,000
• Alloy: Base Metal
• Diameter: 25.75 mm
• Weight: 8.5 grams
• Design: Rytas Jonas Belevičius
• Edge lettering: LAISVĖ * VIENYBĖ * GEROVĖ (FREEDOM * UNITY* WELL-BEING)
• Box/Capsule: No/BU in blister
• Certificate: BU in printed card

Additional Information

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Lithuania’s first circulating commemorative €2 coin in 2021 celebrates a natural place in that country.

The 2021 Žuvintas Biosphere Reserve highlights a place that is part of the United Nations Educational, Scientific Organization (UNESCO) Man and the Biosphere Programme.

The obverse design depicts the characteristic surroundings of Žuvintas Biosphere Reserve, remote islands of a unique bird lake and Lithuania’s largest wetland as well as its distinctive animals. In the foreground, a great bittern reaches for a fire-bellied toad floating in the water. In rushes depicted on the right an aquatic warbler perches, while above fly a flock of common cranes and a mute swan, symbolizing the establishment of the reserve.

The design is surrounded by inscriptions LIETUVA (LITHUANIA), ŽUVINTAS, UNESCO, the year of issue (2021) and the Mint mark of the Lithuanian Mint.

The coin’s outer ring depicts the 12 stars of the European flag.