10 Litu 2001 (Front: Aviators Steponas Darius and Stasys Girėnas; Back: Monoplane "Lituanica" crossing the Atlantic from New York City to Kaunas. Watermark: Vytis) (Serial # AG0860214) UNC
Dimensions: 135 x 65 mm
Darius and Girėnas - two Lithuanian-born pilots, who attempted to fly non-stop from New York to Kaunas in July of 1933. The flight ended tragically, when their airplane, named Lituanica, crashed in a forest in Germany, killing both pilots only four hundred miles short of their destination.
Catalogue Number: P-65 (Albert Pick; Krause)
Grade/condition: Uncirculated (UNC) (new, unused, mint)
Texts: Lietuvos Bankas. Dešimt Litų. Ten Lits. Lietuvos Banko Valdybos Pirmininkas.
Dimensions: 135 x 65 mm
Darius and Girėnas - two Lithuanian-born pilots, who attempted to fly non-stop from New York to Kaunas in July of 1933. The flight ended tragically, when their airplane, named Lituanica, crashed in a forest in Germany, killing both pilots only four hundred miles short of their destination.
Catalogue Number: P-65 (Albert Pick; Krause)
Grade/condition: Uncirculated (UNC) (new, unused, mint)
Texts: Lietuvos Bankas. Dešimt Litų. Ten Lits. Lietuvos Banko Valdybos Pirmininkas.
