Love Coin - Kaunas ND front Love Coin - Kaunas ND back
Love Coin - Kaunas ND photo
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Love Coin - Kaunas ND

 
- - 22.9 mm
Description
Location
Lithuania
Type
› Tokens
Diameter
22.9 mm
Thickness
1.7 mm
Shape
Round
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-11-13
References
Numista
N#177493
Rarity index
97%

Reverse

Two heads facing each other and a heart above and inbetween them.

Lettering:
Meilės
Moneta

Translation: Love Coin

Edge

Plain

Comment

A settlement had been established on the site of the current Kaunas old town at the confluence of two large rivers, at least by the 10th century AD. Kaunas is first mentioned in written sources in 1361 when brick Kaunas Castle was constructed.In 1408, Vytautas the Great granted the Magderburg rights to the town and after this Kaunas began to grow at a fairly rapid pace, especially its importance as a center and main port for trade with Western Europe.
Nowadays Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania and has historically been a leading center of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life.