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Exposition reviews, catalogues and brochures provide additional information on the expositions and exhibitions set up at the Museum of the Bank of Lithuania. These are the publications issued by the Bank of Lithuania:

- Money in Lithuania 1914–1945
- True Litas Printing History. Fourteen Years of Contradictory Co-operation Between Lithuania and Litas Producers
- Money in Painting
- Banks in Lithuania. Late 19th – first half of the 20th century. Projects. Photographs. Postcards
- Money in Photographs
- Securities in Lithuania. Shares and Bonds. 1872-1940
- Money in Caricatures
- Museum of the Bank of Lithuania: Review of the Expositions
- New exposition of the Museum of the Bank of Lithuania in Kaunas
- Currency of Restored Lithuania 1990-2000
- Money in small graphics
- Euro and the Currencies of European Union Countries
- Litas: Tradition and Present
- Museum of the Bank of Lithuania


Money in Lithuania 1914–1945 / Electronic publication of the Museum of the Bank of Lithuania (virtual exposition). Thematic scheme and plot scheme by Vidmantas Laurinavičius. Creative team: V. Laurinavičius (head of the team), V. Aleksiejūnas, V. Ruzas; executor – UAB "Ekspobalta" – V.: Lietuvos bankas, 2007, in Lithuanian and English, mintage 1000 copies., ISBN 978-9986-651-49-9.

The virtual exposition “Money in Lithuania in 1914–1945” is dedicated to all those interested in development of banking and money in Lithuania. It consists of the 3 main parts: Visual Narration, Banknote and Coin Illustrations, and Catalogue. Visual Narration is divited into 5 thematic sections with subsections. The story narrated and the visual material presented there highlights the political, economic and financial situation in Lithuania from the begining of World War One and the restoration of the state to the Soviet occupation and the end of World War Two, presents the country’s central bank of emission, the circumstances of its establishment and liquidation, and the monetary policy conducted by it. Banknote and Coin Illustrations present heraldic signs and other artistic elements used most often by the designers in the money creation process; Catalogue, divided into 5 thematic sections with subsections, introduces the diversity of the national and other currencies that circulated in the country in the period state above.

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True Litas Printing History. Fourteen Years of Contradictory Co-operation Between Lithuania and Litas Producers. / Written by Mindaugas Vinkus; designed by Alvydas Ladyga; edited by Jurgis Paskočinas - Vilnius, the Bank of Lithuania. Printed by UAB "Baltijos kopija", 2006, 210 p.; in Lithuanian, 1200 copies, 38 illustrations; ISBN 9986-651-11-1.

The Litas history is described in two parts of the book. The first part, encompassing the period from 1989 to 1994, reminds us how well-known Lithuanian artists designed banknotes, presents discussions of historians about the banknote conception, the role of the KGB in creating the Litas, disputes between the Bank of Lithuania and the Government, why the first Litas issue was of a bad quality and how they were reprinted. The second part, covering 1994-2004, describes the events, when after the Bank of Lithuania’s refusal to accept the issue, a new banknote issue was entrusted to an American company which brought an action against the Bank of Lithuania to an international arbitrage and how within the arbitrage process the USA corporation turned to a defendant instead of being a prosecutor, and finally was to pay a compensation.

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Money in Painting / A publication of the Museum of the Bank of Lithuania; compiler Vidmantas Laurinavičius, author of the introduction Diana Raudonienė, designer Alvydas Ladyga, editor Ramutė Macienė, translated into English by Raimondas Lipinskas, translated into German by Daiva Anužytė – Vilnius: Bank of Lithuania, printed by UAB Baltijos kopija, 2005, 40 pages, in Lithuanian, English and German, print run 3000 copies, 28 illustrations, ISBN 9986-651-43-3.

The catalogue of art works from the exhibition that took place at the art gallery ARTima on 8-31 December 2005. 14 artists (Valentinas Antanavicius, Algirdas Griskevicius, Vygantas Paukste, Giedrius Jonaitis, Paulius Juska, Klaudijus Petrulis, Jurate Mykolaityte, Karina Matiukiene, Bronius Grazys, Jurate Bogdanaviciute, Gintaras Palemonas Janonis, Valensas Jarmusevicius, Gintaras Kraujelis, Linas Cicenas and Ramune Ruzaite) presented their art works on the subject of money.

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Banks in Lithuania. Late 19th – first half of the 20th century. Projects. Photographs. Postcards. / A publication of the Museum of the Bank of Lithuania; compiler and author of the text Vidmantas Laurinavičius. Design and layout by the design studio “Daba”, editor E. Pilkauskienė, translator D. Šatienė – Vilnius: Bank of Lithuania, printed by UAB “Baltijos kopija” in 2003, 200 pages, in Lithuanian and English, print run 700, 263 illustrations, ISBN 9986-651-34-4.

In the publication the history of banks that operated in the late 19th – first half of the 20th century is described based on sources and surviving iconographical materials – projects, photographs and postcards. The subject under review is divided into two periods: banks before the restoration of statehood in Lithuania in 1918 and 1918-1940. The circumstances of the establishment of banks and other credit institutions, their activities, location, the history of the rent and construction of the buildings are briefly reviewed. The major focus is on the history of the establishment of credit institutions in the three largest cities of Lithuania: Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipėda. The publication contains over 250 pictures of banks from the archives, museums and libraries of Lithuania as well as from private collectors’ sets, many of which are published for the first time.

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Money in Photographs / Publication by the Museum of the Bank of Lithuania prepared in the Publishing and Printing Division of the Bank of Lithuania, compiler and author of the introductory article Vidmantas Laurinavičius, designer Algirdas Jazbutis, editor Eugenija Vilkauskienė, translated into English by Raimondas Lipinskas, translated into German by Daiva Anužytė - Vilnius: published by the Bank of Lithuania, 2002, 172 pp., in Lithuanian, English and German, edition of 1000 copies, 164 illustrations, ISBN 9986-651-32-8

The catalogue “Money in Photography” includes creative works by art photographers of Lithuania exhibited in an exhibition under the same title dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Bank of Lithuania. 45 authors from various areas of the country presented 164 artistically meaningful photographs of various genres created using miscellaneous techniques and methods. Money is used in photographs as the main creative subject, a means of artistic expression to communicate one’s ideas and to demonstrate the point of view of various layers of society or individuals on the importance of money and its place in life. Most works presented in the catalogue are published for the first time

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Securities in Lithuania. Shares and Bonds. 1872-1940 / the Bank of Lithuania Museum publication issued by the Printing and Publishing Division of the Bank of Lithuania; compiled and its text prepared by V. Laurinavičius, graphic design made by A. Jazbutis, edited by E. Vilkauskienė, translated into English by D. Augulytė- Vilnius: Lietuvos bankas, 2001, 272 p., in Lithuanian and English, print run 400 copies, 236 colour illustrations, ISBN 9986-651-29-8.

The publication presents securities - shares and bills (loan bills, bonds, bons, promise and mortgage bills) and other related documents of title. The chronology of the events described in the book starts with the year 1872 when the first joint-stock company in Vilnius - the Land Bank- was founded and ends with 1940, the year when the USSR occupied Lithuania and nationalised all its credit institutions, industrial, trade and other type of enterprises. The publication contains securities demonstrated at the exhibition also called “ Securities in Lithuania. Shares and Bonds. 1872-1940” held in the Bank of Lithuania. Securities are grouped by type and presented in a chronological order by period: the most ancient securities issued in the period from the end of the 19th century till the restoration of the statehood of Lithuania in 1918; loan bills issued by the state and municipalities; securities of joint-stock banks and other credit institutions; joint-stock companies securities issued in the Republic of Lithuania in 1918-1940. Securities issued in 1920-1939 in the Vilnius region occupied by Poland, and securities of the companies of the Lithuanian capital established in the USA are also included into the publication. The period ending with 1918 is represented by documents of title and city loan bonds issued only by joint-stock companies founded in Lithuania or those that had their branches therein.

When presenting a particular period securities, the publication gives a short political, economic and financial overview of that span, circumstances under which a loan was made, a joint-stock bank or other joint-stock companies established, their founders, the amount of share capital, securities denominations, number and ways of their distribution. These data were basically grounded on laws of the Republic of Lithuania, Government resolutions, orders of the Minister of Finance, semi-annual and annual balance sheet data of joint-stock companies and other documents.

The book presents about two hundred securities from the collection of the Bank of Lithuania Museum, the Lithuanian National Museum, the National Museum of M.K. Čiurlionis, the History Museum of Lithuania Minor, the History Museum of Trakai , the “ Aušra” Museum of Šiauliai, as well as private collections of Aleksandras Kubilas and Virgilijus Poviliūnas.

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Money in Caricatures: an exhibition catalogue and the Bank of Lithuania Museum publication issued by the Printing and Publishing Division of the Bank of Lithuania; compiled by V. Laurinavičius, graphic design made by A. Jazbutis, - Vilnius: Lietuvos bankas, 2000, in Lithuanian and English, 48 p., 84 colour illustrations, print run 500 copies.
The catalogue presents caricatures whose main subject is money and satirical graphic art works which were demonstrated in the Bank of Lithuania exhibition also called “ Money in Caricatures”. It contains caricatures on money made by Lithuanian artists -caricaturists V. Beresniovas (Kaunas), R. Beresniovas (USA, Dallas), A. Bunikis (Vilnius), A. Deltuva (Kaunas), L. Deltuva (Klaipeda), R. Dovydenas ( Trakai region), R. Franckevicius ( Trakai region), R. Gedgaudas (Vilnius), R. Grabauskas (Vilnius), A. Janusonis (Vilnius), A. Jonaitis (Kaunas), J. Juozapavicius (Varena), J. Lenkutis (Vilnius), S. Medzionis ( Kaunas region), A. Radvilavicius (Kaunas), F. Jonas Samukas (Vilnius), V. Skrebnevskis (Vilnius), A. Snarkis (Kaunas), E. Unguraitis (Kaunas region), J. Varnas (Vilnius), A. Žilinskas (Varena), and satirical plastic art works by H. Orakauskas (Kupiskis).

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Museum. The Bank of Lithuania: Review of the Expositions / the Bank of Lithuania Museum publication issued by the Printing and Publishing Division of the Bank of Lithuania; compiled and its text prepared by V. Laurinavičius, graphic design made by A. Jazbutis, photographs made by A. Baltrėnas, R. Ginaitis- Vilnius: Lietuvos bankas, 1999, in English, print run 500 copies, ISBN 9986-651-24-7.

The Bank of Lithuania history and money history Lithuania-wide review has been grounded on the Museum exposition. It gives a short survey of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania money from the first mint coins that appeared in circulation at the end of the 14th and its development throughout the years till the 18th century. The history of the Republic of Lithuania money production in the period 1918-1940, the Bank of Lithuania role in strengthening the national monetary system after the restoration of independence in 1990, and the activities of the Lithuanian Mint are described therein.

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New exposition of the Museum of the Bank of Lithuania in Kaunas: brochure / publication of the Museum of the Bank of Lithuania, compiled by Vidmantas Laurinavičius, designed by Linas Dikavičius, edited by Eugenija Vilkauskienė – Vilnius: Lietuvos bankas, 2007, printed by "Baltijos kopija" in Lithuanian, mintage 2000 copies. Money of the Restored Lithuania. 1990-2000: an exhibition brochure and the Bank of Lithuania Museum publication issued by the Printing and Publishing Division of the Bank of Lithuania; compiled by V. Laurinavičius, graphic design made by A. Jazbutis, - Vilnius: Lietuvos bankas, 2000, in Lithuanian, print run 800 copies. Money in Small Graphics: an exhibition brochure and the the Bank of Lithuania Museum publication issued by the Printing and Publishing Division of the Bank of Lithuania; compiled by V. Laurinavičius, graphic design made by A. Jazbutis, - Vilnius: Lietuvos bankas, 1999, in Lithuanian, print run 600 copies.

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Euro and Currencies of the European Union countries: an exhibition brochure and the Bank of Lithuania Museum publication issued by the Printing and Publishing Division of the Bank of Lithuania; compiled by V. Laurinavičius, graphic design made by A. Jazbutis, - Vilnius: Lietuvos bankas, 1998, in Lithuanian, print run 200 copies. The Litas: Traditions and the Present: an exhibition brochure and the Bank of Lithuania Museum publication issued by the Printing and Publishing Division of the Bank of Lithuania; compiled by V. Laurinavičius, graphic design made by A. Jazbutis, - Vilnius: Lietuvos bankas, 1998, in English, print run 200 copies. Museum. The Bank of Lithuania: an exhibition brochure and the Bank of Lithuania Museum publication issued by the Printing and Publishing Division of the Bank of Lithuania; compiled by V. Laurinavičius, graphic design made by A. Jazbutis, - Vilnius: Lietuvos bankas, 1999, in English, print run 1 000 copies.

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