The exhibition "Euro Coins Genesis"
On 17 November, the exhibition "Euro Coins Genesis"
organised by the Bank of Lithuania jointly with the European Commission was
opened in Kaunas branch of the Bank of Lithuania. The exhibition features the
technological samples of euro coins with the symbol of Vytis available to the
public for the first time. Lithuania will issue euro coins with the national
side after the adoption of the euro.
presents the selection of the design of the common side and
the national side of euro coins and the choice of the euro symbol. It exhibits
euro coins issued by the states of the euro area and provides information on the
preparation for euro coin production by Lithuania and other states that will be
a part of the euro area in the future.
'This exhibition represents one of the steps by the Bank of
Lithuania and the European Commission aimed at informing the public about euro
coins, providing with as much information as possible on the single currency of
Europe and creating the conditions for an adequate preparation to adopt the euro
in Lithuania in the beginning of 2007", noted Reinoldijus Sarkinas, Chairman of
the Board of the Bank of Lithuania, during the opening of the exhibition.
A Partnership Agreement between the Republic of Lithuania and
the European Commission for the organisation of information and communication
campaigns on the changeover to the euro in Lithuania was signed this month.
Under the Agreement, the European Commission will finance some public
information measures on the changeover to the euro. The exhibition "Euro Coins Genesis" was organised as a part of the Partnership Agreement.
Participants in the opening of the exhibition were Hervé
Carre, Deputy Director General of the Directorate General of the Economic and
Financial Committee of the European Commission, Zigmantas Balcytis, the Minister
of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania, and other guests.
Information on the exhibition and invitations to it were sent
to all education institutions of Lithuania, and the media will present
information on it.
Visitors of the exhibition will be able to get acquainted not
only with the exposition, but also with the recent publications on the euro
introduction in Lithuania, euro banknotes and coins and the European Union.
An excursion at the building of the Kaunas branch of the Bank
of Lithuania will be organised for the visitors of the exhibition; the building
was built in 1922 for the Bank of Lithuania and was one of the most beautiful
and impressive buildings in Lithuania at that time.
The technological samples of euro coins with the symbol of
Vytis displayed at the exhibition were minted by the state enterprise Lithuanian
Mint which is under preparation for the minting of euro coins with the national
side.
Moments of the exhibition
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| Mr Reinoldijus Sarkinas, Chairman of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania, and Mr Hervé Carre, Deputy Director General of the Directorate General of the Economic and Financial Committee of the European Commission cut the ribbon at the ceremony of opening the exhibition |
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| Opening of the exhibition |
Mr Giedrius Rimsa, Secretary of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania |
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| Mr Reinoldijus Sarkinas, Chairman of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania, and Mr Antanas Ivanauskas, Governor of the Kaunas Branch of the Bank of Lithuania making a tour of the exhibition |
The author of the Lithuanian euro coins Antanas Zukauskas and the director of the state enterprise Lithuanian Mint Jonas Valatka view the exposition |
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| Together with the guests from the central bank of Latvia at the exhibition |
Surrounded by the media |
