500 litas banknote
(issued 2000)

Security features of the banknote :

1. Special paper of pink colour characterised by a specific crackle, non-fluorescent under ultraviolet light.
2. The watermark - a multi-tone portrait of Vincas Kudirka visible when the note is held up to the light.
3. A highlight watermark of the denomination numeral 500, visible when the note is held up to the light.
4. A security thread with the repeated microtext 500 LTL, fluorescent under ultraviolet light in rainbow colours.
5. A holographic metallic strip with vertically and horizontally repeated inscription 500 LTL.
6. A band with the vertical denomination numeral 500 printed in optically variable inks changing colour from brown to green.
7. A latent image (denomination numeral 500) printed in two columns visible when the note is tilted towards the light.
8. A see-through feature, a bell, front to back in perfect register, visible when the note is held up to the light.
9. The recognition sign for the blind - three raised isosceles triangles and the impressed letters LTL in the holographic metallic strip.
10. Raised intaglio printing of the portrait, inscriptions, denomination numerals and the drawing on the back of the note provides a tactile surface easily distinguished by touch.
11. A latent denomination numeral 500 on the right-hand side of the portrait, above the shoulder, visible when the note is tilted towards the light.
12. White lines on intaglio printed inscriptions LIETUVOS BANKAS, PENKI SIMTAI LITU and the top denomination numeral 500 on the front.
13. The background to the right of the holographic metallic strip is composed of repeated microtext LIETUVOS BANKAS 500 LTL.
14. A repeated microtext LIETUVOS BANKAS (BANK OF LITHUANIA) printed below the portrait.
15. The bottom denomination numerals on the front and back, the ornamental band up to the portrait, the book and the background of the back around the bell down to the bottom denomination numeral filled with repeated microtext 500 LTL.
16. A repeated microtext LIETUVOS BANKAS around the symbol of the state emblem and on the right side of the back.
17. Elements (front and back), intended for the anti-colour copier protection: denomination numerals, the symbol of the state emblem and background surrounding it, the background of the portrait, edges of the front and back with repeated denomination numerals, elements of design filled with repeated microtexts, security line structure, specific fine line patterns.
18. Invisible fibres embedded in the paper fluorescent under ultraviolet light in red, yellow and green.
19. The vertical serial number fluorescent under ultraviolet light in dark yellow.
20. A rectangle with the denomination numeral printed in invisible inks fluorescent under ultraviolet light in yellow with a green tint.
21. The repeated vertical denomination numeral 500 printed in invisible inks to the left of the holographic strip fluorescent under ultraviolet light in yellow.
22. Elements of the ornament printed in invisible inks on both sides of the holographic strip fluorescent under ultraviolet light in yellow.