The Bank of Lithuania raised 105,600 euros for Ukraine by selling commemorative coins and last week transferred the money to a special account opened by the Ukrainian national bank.
The funds will be used for humanitarian aid to the war-affected population of Ukraine, the Lithuanian central bank said on Monday.
Since the coin was issued on March 16, a total of 10,565 coins have been bought by Lithuanian and foreign citizens and companies. A total of 50,000 commemorative coins "Together with Ukraine" have been issued.
According to the press release, the coins are mainly purchased by Lithuanian citizens, but also by citizens of foreign countries such as Germany, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, France, Italy, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Slovakia.
The total price of the commemorative coin is 14.52 euros, of which 10 euros is donated to support Ukraine.
The coin was designed by Eglė Žemaitė from Lithuania and Lucas Luycx from Belgium.
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