20 Euro

2025Collector

Metal
Silver .999
Weight
28.28 g
Diameter
38.61 mm
Shape
Other (See comments)
Alignment
Medal 0°
Technique
Milled

Details

Value: 20 Euro

= 2,000 Euro Cent

Type: Collector

Issuer: Bank of Lithuania (Lietuvos Bankas)

Subject: Metro Cattolico - 350

Notes

The shape of the coin is a circle formed by a spiral-wound strip with a hole in the middle. The coin is minted from a 995 mm long strip (it symbolises the length of the universal measure, the meter or Metro Cattolico, based on Burattini’s work Misura Universale) Coin “Metro Cattolico – 350”: Italian Tito Livio Burattini (1617-1682), who ruled the Mints of the Commonwealth of the Two Nations and is known for the minting of fine coins known as the boratynka, proposed to associate the measure of length with time. For the first time ever, the term “metre” or metro cattolico, was used in his book Misura Universale, issued in 1675 in Vilnius: Burattini took a Greek word metron (measure) and made up the word metro (metre)

Obverse

Inscriptions “LIETUVA” (Lithuania), the mintmark of the Lithuanian Mint and the year 2025 arranged in a semicircle on a meter-long (according to Burattini) spiral-wound strip. Below the center is the denomination (€20)

Legend

English

LIETUVA LMK 2025

Lithuania LMK 2025

20€

DesignerDesigner: Rūta Panavaitė-Ničajaiė

Reverse

Inscriptions “METRO CATTOLICO”, “ANNO 1675 VILNIUS”, “TITO LIVIO BURATTINI” and “MISURA UNIVERSALE” on a meter-long (according to Burattini) spiral-wound strip

Legend

English

METRO CATTOLICO • ANNO 1675 VILNIUS • TITO LIVIO BURATTINI • MISURA UNIVERSALE

Catholic metre • Year 1675 Vilnius • Tito Livio Burattini • Universal measure

DesignerDesigner: Rūta Panavaitė-Ničajaiė

Edge

TypeType: Plain

Issues

Year	Mintage	Type	Proof
2025		Proof

2025 Proof
Mintage
Proof price €120, no grade