2022-06-07 Tue

Lithuania has issued a circulating commemorative 2 Euros coin marking the centennial of basketball in the Eastern European nation.

For Lithuanians, basketball is more than just a sport or leisure activity. It is part of their national identity and culture, one of the things that unite the nation, according to Simonas Krepšta, member of the board of the Bank of Lithuania. The first official basketball match in Lithuania was played 100 years ago in Kaunas, on 23rd April 1922.

This design features a map of Lithuania arranged as a basketball court. In addition, inscriptions identifying the country of issue, the dual years 1922–2022, and the logo of the Lithuanian Mint also appear. The ringed-bimetallic coin depicts a map of Europe and the denomination on the reverse. The design was created by Luc Luycx.

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