The auksinas

The auksinas was the name of two currencies of Lithuania.

First Auksinas.

The auksinas was the currency of Lithuania in the 17th century. It was a silver coin, sub-divided into 30 grašis, with 3 auksinas = 1 taleris.

Taleris!

Įdomu, kaip protėviams patiko sidabrinis auksinas?

It was equivalent to the Polish złoty, with the name also meaning "gold", and was replaced by the złoty as the currency of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

The złoty (golden) is a traditional Polish currency unit dating back to the Middle Ages.

Initially, in the 14th and 15th centuries, the name was used for all kinds of foreign gold coins used in Poland, most notably Venetian and Hungarian ducats.

O kur šie pinigėliai dingo?

In 1496 the Sejm approved the creation of a national currency, the złoty, and its value was set at 30 groszy, a coin minted since 1347 and modelled on the Prague groschen. The grosz was subdivided into 2 półgrosz or 3 solidi.

The name złoty (sometimes referred to as the florin) was used for a number of different coins, including the 30 groszy coin called the polski złoty, the czerwony złoty (Red złoty) and the złoty reński (the Rhine guilder), which were in circulation at the time. However, the value of the Polish złoty dropped over time relative to these foreign coins and it became a silver coin, with the foreign ducats eventually circulating at approximately 5 złotych.

Second auksinas.

The auksinas was the name given to the ostmark in 1919, at a time when notes issued by Germany and 1000 ost markių notes issued by the "Lietuvos Ūkio Bankas" were in circulation. Plans to issue currency denominated in auksinas and skatiku (1⁄100 auksinas) did not come to fruition and the litas was instead introduced in 1922.

Koks auksinas!

Nesiseka mums su finansais, vis leišiais išrodom: tai vietoj didžiojo dinaro grašį gaunam, tai auksiną ne auksinį, o sidabrinį, tai vokišką popierėlį auksinu vadinam.

Auksinas apyvartoje buvo iki 1922 m. spalio 2 d., iki lito įvedimo. Vėliau auksinai 3 mėn. į litus buvo keičiami mažėjančiu santykiu, iš pradžių 175, metų pabaigoje - 850 auksinų už 1 litą.

Beveik penkiskart per tris mėnesius nuvertėjo mūsų antrieji auksinai.

Šitų popierėlių auksinais nebevadinom.

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Po metų "meška" virto 5 litais.