*** ERROR *** €2 LITHUANIA 2021 Žuvintas PAJARO Biosphere Reserve *** ERROR ***
THE BIGGEST MISTAKE IN EUROS POSSIBLE NEW GRACE KELLY CURRENCY?? IT IS BELIEVED THAT THERE ARE ONLY 500 UNITS
MISTAKE!! Instead of “LAISV? * VIENYB? * GEROV? *”, they say “DIEVS * SV?T? *LATVIJU” in Latvian.
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The error is easy to explain: both the Bank of Lithuania and the Bank of Latvia contract the manufacture of their coins to the Lithuanian mint.
Therefore, a batch of Latvian coins must have been confused with the Lithuanian ones and they minted the 2 euros Lithuania 2021, dedicated to Žuvintas, on them .
Latvian 2 euro song.
The Bank of Lithuania has published a press release (in Lithuanian, English and translated into Spanish) indicating that, due to an error on the part of the Lithuanian mint, around 10% of the 2 euros Lithuania 2021 in BU quality have the edge that corresponds to Latvian coins instead of Lithuanian coins .
That is, in his song "DIEVS * SV?T?" *LATVIJU*» (God *Bless* Latvia), which is the title of Latvia's anthem and which appears on the edge of its 2 euro coins.
Error in the 2 euros Lithuania 2021
These types of errors are known as " mule " ("mule" in Spanish, more). " Mules " are coins in which the design of the obverse and reverse belong to different types of coins. In this case it is a « mule » where the edge – the third side of the coin – is the one that does not match.
| Country
|
Lithuania |
| Year
|
2021 |
| Face value
|
2 euros |
| Weight
|
8.50 grams |
| Diameter
|
25.75mm
|
| Quality
|
BU
|
| Reason
|
Zuvintas Biosphere Reserve
|
