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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clayirving, post: 704999, member: 18867&quot;]Another note with a story.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.panix.com/%7Eclay/currency/LT-2007-10.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Lietuvos Bankas (Bank of Lithuania) 10 Litu Note, 2007 Issue</b></p><p>Obverse: Aviators <a href="http://www.panix.com/%7Eclay/currency/Darius-Girenas.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.panix.com/%7Eclay/currency/Darius-Girenas.jpg" rel="nofollow">Steponas Darius and Stasys Girėnas</a> at right</p><p>Reverse: Monoplane &quot;Lituanica&quot; at upper center, shield with &quot;Vytis&quot; at upper right center</p><p>Watermark: Shield with &quot;Vytis&quot;</p><p>Size: 135 x 65 mm</p><p><br /></p><p>On 15 July 1933, Steponas Darius and Stasys Girėnas attempted a nonstop flight from New York City, USA to Kaunas, Lithuania - a total of 7,186 km, in Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker airplane named &quot;Lituanica&quot;. After successfully crossing the Atlantic Ocean in 37 hours and 11 minutes of nonstop flight, they crashed on July 17, 0:36 AM (Berlin Time) by the village of Kuhdamm, near Soldin, Germany (now Pszczelnik, near Mysliborz area, Poland), most probably due to difficult weather conditions combined with engine defects. Both aviators were killed in the crash. They covered a distance of 3,984 miles (6,411 kilometers) without landing, only 650 km short of their final destination.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Vytis&quot; (&quot;the Chaser&quot;) is the coat of arms for Lithuania, consisting of an armor-clad knight on horseback holding an olden sword and shield.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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