| Description : The coin is dedicated to Upper Lithuania, the region was
shaped by the Baltic Aukstaitic tribe and had its cultural centre in Panevėžys, where East Aukstaitic is spoken,
a dialect of Lithuanian. The coin shows the coat of arms designed by the coin designer Rolandas Rimkūnas which
was declared the coat of arms of Aukštaitijas in 2006 by the Council for the Protection of Ethnic Culture
(established by the Lithuanian Parliament, the Seimas). It depicts a knight in armour called Vytis ("the persecutor"), who
carries a sword with his right hand. The coat of arms is held by two angels praising and protecting Aukštaitija ‐
one of the most important regions of Lithuania and the cradle of its statehood ‐ below is the Latin motto
"PATRIAM TUAM MUNDUM EXISTIMA" (Consider your homeland as the whole world). At the top of the coin is "LIETUVA" (Lithuania)
and imeadiately below it the year of issue "2020". At the bottom of the coin is "AUKŠTAITIJA" (Upper Lithuania) and
above that is the circular mint mark "LMK" of the Lithuanian mint Lietuvos monetų kalykla in Vilnius. |
