LITHUANIA. Uncut Sheet of (60). Lietuvos Bankas. 10 Litu, 1991. P-47a. Specimens. About Uncirculated.
An exceptional offering, unlikely to be repeated anytime soon (if ever), and a modern rarity the likes of which have never been seen until now. This is a complete uncut sheet of 60 specimens as produced by the United States Bank Note Company. The 1991 10 Litu was introduced into circulation in 1993, when the currency replaced the Talonas which had been put into circulation as a temporary measure after Lithuania gained its independence. It features Lithuanian aviators Steponas Darius and Stasys Girėnas on the front and their Bellanca CH-300 monoplane on the back, in which they crossed the Atlantic from New York to Lithuania, tragically crashing 400 miles before reaching their destination, Vilnius, with both airmen perishing in the crash. This is the first variety of this note, which incorrectly does not have the accent mark over the e in Girėnas, which was corrected with a subsequent printing. Each note on this sheet is fully printed including a watermark; there are no serial numbers present on any of the notes, but a red "SPECIMEN" stamp is seen on the back of every note (some more clear than others). This is a different format than the (very rarely seen) regular specimens for this issue, which have all zero serial numbers and a bold red specimen overprint on both sides. We have no other records of a sheet of this kind, or really of any individual specimen note in this format, making this a possibly unique offering. The handful of individual specimens that have sold over the past decade have typically approached the $1000 mark for a single note but will keep the estimate for this sheet at a more modest level to let you, our bidders, decide what this sheet is ultimately worth.

Estimate: $5000.00 - $10000.00